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title="NEW --- - clang-cl doesn't accept two implicit conversions with a smart pointer pattern in the same way that MSVC does"
href="http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=20821">20821</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>clang-cl doesn't accept two implicit conversions with a smart pointer pattern in the same way that MSVC does
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<th>Product</th>
<td>clang
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<th>Version</th>
<td>trunk
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>PC
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<th>OS</th>
<td>All
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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>ehsan@mozilla.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>$ cat test.cpp
template<class T>
struct SP {
SP();
SP(T*);
void operator=(T*);
operator T*();
};
struct B{};
struct D:B{};
void f() {
SP<D> d;
SP<B> b = d;
}
$ cl -c test.cpp
Microsoft (R) C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 17.00.61030 for x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
test.cpp
$ clang-cl -c test.cpp
test.cpp(14,9) : error: no viable conversion from 'SP<D>' to 'SP<B>'
SP<B> b = d;
^ ~
test.cpp(2,8) : note: candidate constructor (the implicit copy constructor)
not viable: no known conversion from 'SP<D>' to 'const SP<B> &' for 1st
argument
struct SP {
^
test.cpp(2,8) : note: candidate constructor (the implicit move constructor)
not viable: no known conversion from 'SP<D>' to 'SP<B> &&' for 1st argument
struct SP {
^
test.cpp(4,3) : note: candidate constructor not viable: no known conversion
from 'SP<D>' to 'B *' for 1st argument
SP(T*);
^
test.cpp(6,3) : note: candidate function
operator T*();
^
1 error generated.
It seems like MSVC first invokes SP::operator T*() and then invokes the ctor
taking the T* from it, which requires another implicit conversion from D* to
B*. I don't think this is valid C++, but we may want to support it for compat
with MSVC.</pre>
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