December 05, 2009
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3576

           Summary: Can't overload explicitly instantiated template
                    functions
           Product: D
           Version: future
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Windows
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: rejects-valid
          Severity: regression
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: dsimcha@yahoo.com


--- Comment #0 from David Simcha <dsimcha@yahoo.com> 2009-12-05 06:46:46 PST ---
Broken in 2.037, works in 2.036:

void foo(T)(T arg) {}
void foo(T)(T arg, uint bar) {}

void main() {
    foo(1);          // works
    foo(1, 2);       // works
    foo!(uint)(1);   // Error: template instance foo!(uint) matches
                     // more than one template declaration, foo(T) and foo(T)

}

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December 06, 2009
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3576


Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |bugzilla@digitalmars.com
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX


--- Comment #1 from Walter Bright <bugzilla@digitalmars.com> 2009-12-06 03:08:42 PST ---
I know there was this change, but before it was a bit erratic what it did. I'll argue that the compiler is correctly saying it's an error.

Code can decide to do template function type inference, or overloading, but not both at the same time. By not specifying enough in the specialization, then inference rules are applied.

Trying to do both inference and overloading results in a complicated morass. Better to leave it an error.

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