Clang claims that `member reference base type 'X' is not a structure or union`, but X is a structure template with deduced parameters

Question

Consider following code:

template <typename T> struct X
{
    X(T) {}
    void foo() {}
};

template <typename T> struct Y
{
    int object = 0;

    void bar()
    {
        X(object).foo();
    }
};

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GCC 8.2 compiles it, while Clang 7 spits out following error:

 <source>:13:18: error: member reference base type 'X' is not a structure or union X(object).foo(); ~~~~~~~~~^~~~ 

This looks like a bug to me.

The conditions are very specific: If either structure is not a template, or if object is not a member variable, or if CTAD (class template argument deduction) is not involved, then Clang compiles the code as well.

What's going on here? Is it indeed a Clang bug?

And what's more important, how can I make the code compile with minimal changes, preferrably without getting rid of CTAD?

---

The only flag used is -std=c++17 .

clang++ --version is

 clang version 7.0.0 (tags/RELEASE_700/final 342594) Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Thread model: posix 

Answer 1

Yes, this is clang bug see Class template argument deduction with deduced type fails when accessing member which says:

Try to compile the following c++ program:

  template <class T> struct C { C(T) {} int a; }; template <class T> int foo(T v) { return C{v}.a; // <---- } int main() { foo(4); } 

The line marked above fails with the error:

 error: member reference base type 'C' is not a structure or union return (C{v}).a; ~~~~~~^~ 

The bug report also specifies cases that do work, which may or may not be alternatives.

Note that the following all work fine:

  template <class T> C<T> foo(T v) { return C{v}; } 

and

 int foo(int v) { return C{v}.a; } 

and

  C{4}.a; 

I tried this also on a recent trunk build (trunk 346600)