The code example


long add_long_n0(alias T=void)(long x) @safe pure nothrow @nogc { return x + 0; }

int main(string[] args)
{
    long long_sum = 0;
    long_sum += add_long_n0!(void)(cast(long)0);
    return cast(int)long_sum;
}


compiles without errors with dmd and ldc. But with gdc-10 as

    gdc -c linear_t.d

it errors as

linear_t.d:6:17: error: template instance add_long_n0!() does not match template declaration add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)
    6 |     long_sum += add_long_n0!()(cast(long)0);
      |                 ^


Why can't LDC handle such a trivial template example?

Old frontend:

Up to      2.060  : Failure with output: onlineapp.d(2): Error: valid attribute identifiers are @property, @safe, @trusted, @system, @disable not @nogc
2.061   to 2.065.0: Failure with output:
-----
onlineapp.d(2): Error: user defined attributes cannot appear as postfixes
onlineapp.d(2): Error: semicolon expected following function declaration
onlineapp.d(2): Error: Declaration expected, not 'return'
onlineapp.d(2): Error: unrecognized declaration
-----

2.066.0 to 2.078.1: Failure with output: onlineapp.d(7): Error: template instance add_long_n0!void does not match template declaration add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)
2.079.1 to 2.086.1: Failure with output: onlineapp.d(7): Error: template instance `add_long_n0!void` does not match template declaration `add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)`
Since      2.087.1: Success and no output

On Sunday, 26 July 2020 at 19:27:13 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> Old frontend:
>
> Up to      2.060  : Failure with output: onlineapp.d(2): Error: valid attribute identifiers are @property, @safe, @trusted, @system, @disable not @nogc
> 2.061   to 2.065.0: Failure with output:
> -----
> onlineapp.d(2): Error: user defined attributes cannot appear as postfixes
> onlineapp.d(2): Error: semicolon expected following function declaration
> onlineapp.d(2): Error: Declaration expected, not 'return'
> onlineapp.d(2): Error: unrecognized declaration
> -----
>
> 2.066.0 to 2.078.1: Failure with output: onlineapp.d(7): Error: template instance add_long_n0!void does not match template declaration add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)
> 2.079.1 to 2.086.1: Failure with output: onlineapp.d(7): Error: template instance `add_long_n0!void` does not match template declaration `add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)`
> Since      2.087.1: Success and no output

I don't understand.

I removed the qualifiers but still get the same error from this unqualified code:


long add_long_n0(alias T=void)(long x) { return x + 0; }

int main(string[] args) {
    long long_sum = 0;
    long_sum += add_long_n0!(void)(0);
    return cast(int)long_sum;
}

On Sunday, 26 July 2020 at 19:27:13 UTC, rikki cattermole wrote:
> 2.066.0 to 2.078.1: Failure with output: onlineapp.d(7): Error: template instance add_long_n0!void does not match template declaration add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)
> 2.079.1 to 2.086.1: Failure with output: onlineapp.d(7): Error: template instance `add_long_n0!void` does not match template declaration `add_long_n0(alias T = void)(long x)`
> Since      2.087.1: Success and no output

This feature?

https://dlang.org/changelog/2.087.0.html#template_alias_matches_basic_types

On Sunday, 26 July 2020 at 20:32:55 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> This feature?
>
> https://dlang.org/changelog/2.087.0.html#template_alias_matches_basic_types

I see. Thanks.

On Sunday, 26 July 2020 at 21:48:09 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
> I see. Thanks.

The code

    long add_long_n0(alias T=void)(long x) { return x + 0; }

should be

    long add_long_n0(T=void)(long x) { return x + 0; }

. My mistake.

Thanks.