Created on 2012-04-27.00:00:00 last changed 40 months ago
[Accepted at the November, 2020 meeting as part of paper P1787R6 and moved to DR at the February, 2021 meeting.]
Consider the following example:
template<typename T>
struct A {
operator int() { return 0; }
void f() {
operator T();
}
};
int main() {
A<int> a;
a.f();
}
One might expect this to call operator int when instantiating. But since operator T is a dependent name, it is looked up by unqualified lookup only in the definition context, where it will find no declaration. Argument-dependent lookup will not find anything in the instantiation context either, so this code is ill-formed. If we change operatorĀ int() to operatorĀ T(), which is a seemingly unrelated change, the code becomes well-formed.
There is implementation variability on this point.
| History | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-08-19 07:54:33 | admin | set | status: drwp -> cd6 |
| 2021-02-24 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: accepted -> drwp |
| 2020-12-15 00:00:00 | admin | set | status: open -> accepted |
| 2012-04-27 00:00:00 | admin | create | |