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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - Some casts to base class conversion are listed for overload resolution& template parameter deduction even though they are inaccessible"
   href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37617">37617</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>Some casts to base class conversion are listed for overload resolution& template parameter deduction  even though they are inaccessible
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>clang
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>6.0
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>PC
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>Windows NT
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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++11
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>janos.boudet@nerd.nintendo.com
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          <th>CC</th>
          <td>dgregor@apple.com, llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org
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        <pre>//The bug happens since 3.9.0 until at least 6.0.0 

//declaration
template<typename... Ts> class A;

//specialization for > 0 params
template<typename T0, typename... Ts>
class A<T0, Ts...> : private A<Ts...>{};
//specialization for 0 params
template<> class A<>{};


template<typename... Ts>
void foo(A<Ts...> const&);

class B : public A<int, float>{};

int main() {

    B b;
    foo(b);


    //it seems that there's an (erroneous?) ambiguity between
    //1. foo(A<int, float>)
    //2. foo(A<float>)
    //3. foo(A<>)
    //I expected 2 and 3 to be ignored (inaccessible), because they
    //would require a reference cast to a privately inherited base type,
    //and thus 1 be the only choice, with no ambiguity
    //
    //removing the inheritance in the >0 param specialization of A removes 
    //the error

    return 0;
}

// compiler error clang 6.0.0
// <source>:19:5: error: no matching function for call to 'foo'
//
//    foo(b);
//
//    ^~~
//
// <source>:12:6: note: candidate template ignored: failed template argument
deduction
//
//void foo(A<Ts...> const&);</pre>
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