Consider the following reduced example which can also be viewed at https://godbolt.org/g/Et56cm:
#include <utility>
template <class T> struct success
{
T value;
constexpr success(T &&v)
: value(std::move(v))
{
}
constexpr success(const T &v)
: value(v)
{
}
};
template <> struct success<void>
{
};
template <class T> success(T /*unused*/)->success<T>;
success()->success<void>;
int main(void)
{
auto a = success{5}; // works
auto b = success{}; // works
auto c = success{"hello"}; // works
auto d = success(5); // works
auto e = success(); // FAILS!
auto f = success("hello"); // works
static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(a), success<int>>::value, "");
static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(b), success<void>>::value, "");
static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(c), success<const char *>>::value, "");
static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(d), success<int>>::value, "");
static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(e), success<void>>::value, "");
static_assert(std::is_same<decltype(f), success<const char *>>::value, "");
return 0;
}
What is surprising to me is that success()
does not compile, yet success{}
does. I have provided the template deduction guide success() -> success<void>
, so I would have thought that success()
would work as well.
Is this expected behaviour in the C++ 17 standard, or am I missing something?