[Bug c++/44521] unhelpful candidates for ambiguous lookup

jason at gcc dot gnu.org gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org
Thu Aug 21 02:12:00 GMT 2014


https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=44521

Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
   Last reconfirmed|                            |2014-08-21
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #2 from Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Manuel López-Ibáñez from comment #1)
> Jason, do we want this?
> 
> Following Clang or in some other way?

Yes, the Clang diagnostic is better.

There are two issues with the G++ diagnostic:

1) It talks about f(double), which is not viable.
2) It doesn't distinguish between two occurrences of the same function reached
through different base paths.


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