Because the _M_format(__rg, __fc) were placed outside of if constexpr, these method and it's childs where instantiated, even if _M_format<const _Range> could be used.
To simplify the if constexpr chain, we introduce a __simply_formattable_range (name based on simple-view) exposition only concept, that checks if range is const and mutable formattable and uses same formatter specialization for references in each case. PR libstdc++/109162 libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog: * include/std/format (__format::__simply_formattable_range): Define. (range_formatter::format): Do not instantiate _M_format for mutable _Rg if const _Rg can be used. Signed-off-by: Tomasz Kamiński <tkami...@redhat.com> --- I was really unhappy with repeated ifs, so introduced an helper concept, that I think is usable in general. libstdc++-v3/include/std/format | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format index 27253f50ea8..1780951b61d 100644 --- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format +++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/format @@ -5252,6 +5252,14 @@ namespace __format = ranges::input_range<const _Rg> && formattable<ranges::range_reference_t<const _Rg>, _CharT>; + // _Rg& and const _Rg& are both formttable and use same formatter + // specialization for their references. + template<typename _Rg, typename _CharT> + concept __simply_formattable_range + = __const_formattable_range<_Rg, _CharT> + && same_as<remove_cvref_t<ranges::range_reference_t<_Rg>>, + remove_cvref_t<ranges::range_reference_t<const _Rg>>>; + template<typename _Rg, typename _CharT> using __maybe_const_range = __conditional_t<__const_formattable_range<_Rg, _CharT>, const _Rg, _Rg>; @@ -5635,13 +5643,10 @@ namespace __format format(_Rg&& __rg, basic_format_context<_Out, _CharT>& __fc) const { using _Range = remove_reference_t<_Rg>; - if constexpr (__format::__const_formattable_range<_Range, _CharT>) - { - using _CRef = ranges::range_reference_t<const _Range>; - if constexpr (same_as<remove_cvref_t<_CRef>, _Tp>) - return _M_format<const _Range>(__rg, __fc); - } - return _M_format(__rg, __fc); + if constexpr (__format::__simply_formattable_range<_Range, _CharT>) + return _M_format<const _Range>(__rg, __fc); + else + return _M_format(__rg, __fc); } private: -- 2.49.0