[Bug c++/52224] [C++0x] Generic operator gets pulled into compile-time expression

[daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52224

Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> 2012-02-13 09:18:40 UTC ---
I can confirm that for gcc 4.7.0 20120211 (experimental) as well. To ease
comparison with other compiler I rewrote it into fully C++03 compatible form,
also removing all library dependencies:

//---
template<bool, class>
struct enable_if {};

template<class T>
struct enable_if<true, T> { typedef T type; };

template <class T> struct my_class {};

template <typename T> struct is_mine               { enum { value = false }; };
template <typename T> struct is_mine<my_class<T> > { enum { value = true }; };

template <typename E1, typename E2>
struct either_is_mine
{ static const bool value = is_mine<E1>::value || is_mine<E2>::value; };

template <typename E1, typename E2>
typename enable_if<either_is_mine<E1, E2>::value, int>::type
operator||(E1 e1, E2 e2);

template <typename E1, typename E2>
typename enable_if<either_is_mine<E1, E2>::value, int>::type
test(E1 e1, E2 e2);

int main()
{
  test(3, 12);
}
//---

Comeau online processes it nicely, rejecting the code as expected. clang online
(3.0) runs into a similar endless loop, which becomes an immediate segmentation
fault, if the unnamed enums in the is_mine template are changed to named ones.
I removed both the exception specification and the inline specifier from the
operator|| overload, because they do not change the result.

The enums in the is_mine template lead to an infinite recursion, because of the
alternate dependency to operator|| overload. The first argument is 

int, 

the second argument is the enum type 

decltype(is_mine<int>::value), 

the third is the enum type 

decltype(is_mine<decltype(is_mine<int>::value)>::value),

etc. I'm unsure whether this is a design problem or a compiler problem, but
there is an easy workaround for this: Just replace the enums used within both
is_mine templates by static const bool. This prevents that endless recursion,
because there is no infinite type change going on.