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title="NEW --- - Strangely worded error message "reference to non-static member function must be called""
href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=18995">18995</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Strangely worded error message "reference to non-static member function must be called"
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<th>Product</th>
<td>clang
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<th>Version</th>
<td>3.4
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>Macintosh
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<th>OS</th>
<td>MacOS X
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>normal
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P
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<th>Component</th>
<td>C++
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>schnetter@gmail.com
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<th>CC</th>
<td>dgregor@apple.com, llvmbugs@cs.uiuc.edu
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<th>Classification</th>
<td>Unclassified
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<pre>I received the following error message for C++ code:
{{{
reference to non-static member function must be called
static_cast<derived const *>(this)->eigenvalues<direction>(
}}}
The caret points to the "e" of "eigenvalues".
Although I am familiar with C++, I do not understand the wording of this error
message. I think the wording can be improved.
The immediate meaning seems to be that there is a non-static member function,
and that one must call it, implying that I am trying to do something else with
it. That is wrong; I am actually trying to call it.
I assume that this message wants to say "This looks like a function call for a
non-static member function, but this is not actually a non-static member
function." Additionally, it could tell me what "eigenvalues<direction>"
actually is.
In this case, the issue is that "eigenvalues" exists in both this class and its
superclass, and the C-style cast to the superclass is not accepted by Clang.
(Other compilers accepted it.)
Could you improve the wording of the error message?</pre>
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