[Bug c++/70551] New: member function of template instantiated even though only declaration is needed

[rbock at eudoxos dot de]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=70551

            Bug ID: 70551
           Summary: member function of template instantiated even though
                    only declaration is needed
           Product: gcc
           Version: 5.3.1
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: c++
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: rbock at eudoxos dot de
  Target Milestone: ---

This code fails to compile:

template<typename T>
struct X
{
  X(X&&) { static_assert(sizeof(T) < 1, "Intentional Failure"); }
};

auto impl() -> X<int>;    
auto test() -> decltype(impl())
{
  return impl();
}

int main()
{
  test();
}

My understanding is that it should compile just fine. I admit, I started a
discussion on stackoverflow for this (see
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36371571/clang-and-gcc-vs-msvc-and-icc-is-a-static-assert-in-the-copy-move-constructor-r)

Citing from the answer I deem correct:

Copy elision requires declaration of copy/move constructors but doesn't require
definition.
Member function definitions of templates are not instantiated unless their
definitions are required.
If a definition is not instantiated it cannot be tested for being ill-formed.
References:

14.7.1.1 …The implicit instantiation of a class template specialization causes
the implicit instantiation of the declarations, but not of the definitions,
default arguments, or exception-specifications of the class member functions…

14.7.1.2 Unless a member of a class template… has been explicitly instantiated
or explicitly specialized, the specialization of the member is implicitly
instantiated when the specialization is referenced in a context that requires
the member definition to exist…