[Bug c++/16069] New: Bad error message

[igodard at pacbell dot net]

In:

#include    <iostream>
class A{};

template<typename T>
void    Foo(const T& t) {}

int main() {
    A a;
    Foo(std::endl);
    }

you get:

~/ootbc/common/test/src$ g++ foo1.cc
foo1.cc: In function `int main()':
foo1.cc:9: error: no matching function for call to `Foo(<unknown type>)'

"unknown type" is pretty lame; there are actually several types here because endl is an overloaded function. The error is a template resolution ambiguity, and should be reported as such. This is related to bug #16068, which for unknown reasons produces a different (but still bad) message in the same circumstances but when applied to an operator rather than a function.

-- 
           Summary: Bad error message
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.4.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: igodard at pacbell dot net
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16069