[Bug c++/20637] [3.3/3.4/4.0/4.1 regression] Confusing message with different using declarations

["gdr at integrable-solutions dot net" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Additional Comments From gdr at integrable-solutions dot net  2005-03-26 04:28 -------
Subject: Re:  New: [3.3/3.4/4.0/4.1 regression] Confusing message with different using declarations

"bangerth at dealii dot org" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org> writes:

| This was hard to find. Consider this snippet: 
| ------------------ 
| struct B { 
|     void f(); 
| }; 
|  
| struct D : B { 
|     using B::f; 
|     B::f; 
| }; 
| ------------------ 
| Note that D contains old- and new-style using declarations. In my case, they 
| were several hundred lines apart in D, so it wasn't quite so obvious. What 
| I get is this: 
|  
| g/x> /home/bangerth/bin/gcc-4*/bin/c++ -c a.cc 
| a.cc:2: error: ?void B::f()? and ?void B::f()? cannot be overloaded 
|  
| Note that it doesn't show where the attempt to overload happens, it only shows 
| the original place. That's bad diagnostics. 

Agreed.  But, I don't think that will be fixed in 3.3.x

-- Gaby


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