[Bug c++/11752] partial ordering overloaded function templates

[nbecker at hns dot com]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11752



------- Additional Comments From nbecker at hns dot com  2003-08-05 16:50 -------
Subject: Re:  partial ordering overloaded function templates

On Tuesday 05 August 2003 12:29 pm, you wrote:
> PLEASE REPLY TO gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org ONLY, *NOT* gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11752
>
>
> lerdsuwa at gcc dot gnu dot org changed:
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>            What    |Removed                     |Added
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>- Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
>          Resolution|                            |INVALID
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>
> ------- Additional Comments From lerdsuwa at gcc dot gnu dot org 
> 2003-08-05 16:29 ------- Not a bug.  According to the standard, partial
> ordering is defined based on template argument deduction.  Since the
> parameter 'size'
> is not used anywhere in function parameter or return type, it's
> not deducable and partial ordering fails.  So both are treated as
> equal, none is more specialized than the other.
>
>
>

Thank you for clarifying this.  Unfortunately, I don't own a copy of the 
standard.