http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48593
Summary: Wrong return type when applying address operator to inherited, template dependend member, using a typedef Product: gcc Version: unknown Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: meinh...@uni-mainz.de The following code should compile but does not. It works on any other compiler I tried (Comeau, Intel and MSVC). It seems the espression "&(Super::data)" is interpreted as a pointer-to-data-member. This interpretation cannot be correct, because the braces would not be legal in that kind of expression. A possible workaround is using "&(this->data)" instead. Works as expected if done without templates. Code: template <typename T> struct foo { T data; }; template<typename T> struct bar: public foo<T> { typedef foo<T> Super; void some_func() { T* ptr = & (Super::data); } }; int main() { bar<int> b; b.some_func(); } Output: $> g++ -v -Wall -Wextra test.cc Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.4/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --enable-multiarch --enable-linker-build-id --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.4 --program-suffix=-4.4 --enable-nls --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-plugin --enable-objc-gc --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i486 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-Wall' '-Wextra' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/cc1plus -quiet -v -D_GNU_SOURCE test.cc -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -quiet -dumpbase test.cc -mtune=generic -auxbase test -Wall -Wextra -version -fstack-protector -o /tmp/ccqnK7Ea.s GNU C++ (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) version 4.4.3 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.4.3, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 2.4.2-p1. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/local/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/../../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/include" ignoring nonexistent directory "/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu" #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/include/c++/4.4 /usr/include/c++/4.4/x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/include/c++/4.4/backward /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/include /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.4.3/include-fixed /usr/include End of search list. GNU C++ (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) version 4.4.3 (x86_64-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.4.3, GMP version 4.3.2, MPFR version 2.4.2-p1. GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 Compiler executable checksum: 88858f45841827736473e527a4e9ab10 test.cc: In member function ‘void bar<T>::some_func() [with T = int]’: test.cc:18: instantiated from here test.cc:11: error: cannot convert ‘int foo<int>::*’ to ‘int*’ in initialization test.cc:11: warning: unused variable ‘ptr’