template bug

["Florin Iucha" <florin at iucha dot net>]

Hello!

I think I've found a bug in the g++ compiler.

I am trying to compile this code:

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template <int SIZE>
class B
{
public:

   class P
   {
   public:
      P(int x) : x_(x) {}
      int x() const { return x_; }

   private:
      int x_;
   };

   P get_a_P() { return P(SIZE/2); }

};


class G : private B<10>
{
public:

   void test();

};


template<int SIZE>
B<SIZE>::P the_bug(B<SIZE>::P p)
{
   // do nothing
   return p;
}


void G::test()
{
   P p = get_a_P();

   P q = the_bug(p);
}


int main()
{
   G g;

   g.test();

   return 0;
}
---cut-here---

and I get this error:

templbug.cpp: In member function `void G::test()':
templbug.cpp:42: no matching function for call to `the_bug(B<10>::P&)'

I have checked with g++-snapshot-20010503 and RH g++ 2.96-81

If I remove the template specifier from the_bug and define SIZE to be 10,
the code compiles. If I define SIZE to something other than 10, the code
fails as expected.

Thanks for your good work!

florin