[Bug c++/21426] New: anonymous enums vs. templates

[amu at alum dot mit dot edu]

If one instance of an overloaded function or operator is generic, I cannot
supply a member of an anonymous enum to that function or operator, even if I
wouldn't be calling the generic instance anyway.  As an example of the problem,
attempting to compile the simplified code

  class S;
  template <typename T> S& operator<< (S&, const T&);

  enum { x };
  static const int xx = 1 << x;

with G++ 4.0.0 fails with the error

anonenum.cc:5: error: '<anonymous enum>' is/uses anonymous type
anonenum.cc:5: error:   trying to instantiate 'template<class T> S&
operator<<(S&, const T&)'

This is a regression over previous versions, which have no problem with such
code.  (Neither do other vendors' compilers.)

It is obviously trivial to work around the bug by naming the enum, but I believe
I shouldn't need to.

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           Summary: anonymous enums vs. templates
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.0.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: amu at alum dot mit dot edu
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21426