c++/8277: g++ 3.2 is confused by operators and namespaces

[mathias@valpo.de]

>Number:         8277
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       g++ 3.2 is confused by operators and namespaces
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          rejects-legal
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 18 08:56:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     mathias@valpo.de
>Release:        unknown-1.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
kernel 2.4.19, 
gcc 3.2 (Suse rpm package), 
x86 (Athlon)
__GLIBCPP__ 20020814
>Description:
g++ seems to get confused by comparing stl-containers, 
if the containers type is located in its own namespace:

g++ -c works, but g++ -c -DDOERROR gives the error msg
/usr/include/g++/bits/stl_algobase.h: In function `bool std::equal(_InputIter1,
   _InputIter1, _InputIter2) [with _InputIter1 =
   __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<const X::A*, std::vector<X::A,
   std::allocator<X::A> > >, _InputIter2 = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<const
   X::A*, std::vector<X::A, std::allocator<X::A> > >]':
/usr/include/g++/bits/stl_vector.h:763:   instantiated from `bool std::operator==(const std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>&, const std::vector<_Tp, _Alloc>&) [with _Tp = X::A, _Alloc = std::allocator<X::A>]'
t.cpp:17:   instantiated from here
/usr/include/g++/bits/stl_algobase.h:681: no match for `const X::A& == const
   X::A&' operator
>How-To-Repeat:
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

namespace X {

  struct A {
    std::vector<A>      x ;
    int                 y ;

    A() : x(), y(0) {;}
  };
}

bool operator== ( const X::A& a, const X::A& b )
{
#if DOERROR
  return a.x == b.x ;
#else
  return a.y == b.y ;
#endif
}

int main ()
{

  X::A a ;
  X::A b ;

  const bool ret = a == b ;
  std::cout << "bool: " << ret << std::endl ;

  return 0 ;
}
>Fix:
Add the operator to the same namespace as the containers type:

namespace X {
bool operator== ( const X::A& a, const X::A& b )
{
#if DOERROR
  return a.x == b.x ;
#else
  return a.y == b.y ;
#endif
}
}

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