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From: Jonathan Wakely (cow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-21 08:27:12


On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 09:00:04PM -0800, Arkadiy Vertleyb wrote:

[snip]
> The result is:
>
> C:\ark\gcctest>g++ -I c:\boost\boost_1_32_0 a.cpp
> c:/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/mpl/find.hpp: In function `void X::foo()':
> c:/boost/boost_1_32_0/boost/mpl/find.hpp:29: error: `template<class
> Sequence,
> class T> struct boost::mpl::find' is not a function,
> a.cpp:8: error: conflict with `template<class T> void X::find(const T&)'
> a.cpp:13: error: in call to `find'
>
> As you can see, the parameter to foo() makes the compiler consider the
> boost::mpl namespace for ADL. The combination of unqualified call and g++
> finding class templates during ADL produces the error.

According to GCC's bugzilla whether this is wrong is an open Core issue
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17365

I'm not sure which DR Gaby is referring to there, possibly 405 ?

This is why GCC hasn't been "fixed" to ignore the non-function.

jon

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