Re: Why the following SFINAE test does not work?

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Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:15:50 CST
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On 13.11.2010 20:03, Elias Salom?o Helou Neto wrote:

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* Daniel Kr?gler, on 13.11.2010 04:00:

* Am 11.11.2010 18:30, schrieb Andy Venikov:

This should be well-formed, and the OP's example should be so as well.

This produces an error that says that the compiler couldn't chose the
right apply among the overloads.


IMO this is a compiler-defect.


Could you please indicate the relevant standard sections? I am
planning to file a bug report.


14.8.1 + 14.8.2. I don't see anything that conflicts with the required
behaviour. All template arguments are explicitly provided and the corresponding
type constraints are satisfied. I don't see any invalid construct.

Further evidence that this is a compiler-bug is the fact, that if you
move all of

    typedef char yes[1];
    typedef char no[2];

    template< class U, U u >
    struct coerce {};

    template< class U, unsigned n >
    static yes& test( U*, coerce< void (U::*) ( const double& ) ,
&U::template apply< n > >* = 0 );
    template< class U, unsigned n >
    static no& test( ... );

in a non-template class X and replace the test

test<T, 0>(0)

within has_apply by

X::test<T, 0>(0)

the example works as expected.

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr?gler

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