Strange overloading rules in C++
- by bucels
I'm trying to compile this code with GCC 4.5.0:
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
template <typename T> void sort(T, T) {}
int main()
{
std::vector<int> v;
sort(v.begin(), v.end());
}
But it doesn't seem to work:
$ g++ -c nm.cpp
nm.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
nm.cpp:9:28: error: call of overloaded ‘sort(std::vector<int>::iterator, std::vector<int>::iterator)’ is ambiguous
nm.cpp:4:28: note: candidates are: void sort(T, T) [with T = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, std::vector<int> >]
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.0/../../../../include/c++/4.5.0/bits/stl_algo.h:5199:69: note: void std::sort(_RAIter, _RAIter) [with _RAIter = __gnu_cxx::__normal_iterator<int*, std::vector<int> >]
Comeau compiles this code without errors.
(4.3.10.1 Beta2, strict C++03, no C++0x)
Is this valid C++?
