From b7f719612515a86d1d2a36e24b02ade3f0904e10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathaniel Shead <nathanieloshead@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 22:59:56 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] c++: Improve fixits for incorrect explicit instantiations
When forgetting the '<>' on an explicit specialisation, the suggested
fixit hint suggests to add 'template <>', but naively applying will
cause nonsense results like 'template template <> struct S<int> {};'.
Instead check if we're currently parsing an explicit instantiation, and
if so inform about the issue (an instantiation cannot have a class body)
and suggest a fixit of simply '<>' to create a specialisation instead.
gcc/cp/ChangeLog:
* parser.cc (cp_parser_class_head): Clarify error message for
explicit instantiations.
gcc/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* g++.dg/template/explicit-instantiation9.C: New test.
Signed-off-by: Nathaniel Shead <nathanieloshead@gmail.com>
---
gcc/cp/parser.cc | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
.../g++.dg/template/explicit-instantiation9.C | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/explicit-instantiation9.C
diff --git a/gcc/cp/parser.cc b/gcc/cp/parser.cc
index f625b0a310c8..82f3903838e2 100644
--- a/gcc/cp/parser.cc
+++ b/gcc/cp/parser.cc
@@ -27721,11 +27721,20 @@ cp_parser_class_head (cp_parser* parser,
class_head_start_location,
get_finish (type_start_token->location));
rich_location richloc (line_table, reported_loc);
- richloc.add_fixit_insert_before (class_head_start_location,
- "template <> ");
- error_at (&richloc,
- "an explicit specialization must be preceded by"
- " %<template <>%>");
+ if (processing_explicit_instantiation)
+ {
+ richloc.add_fixit_insert_before ("<> ");
+ error_at (&richloc,
+ "an explicit instantiation cannot have a definition;"
+ " use %<template <>%> to declare a specialization");
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ richloc.add_fixit_insert_before ("template <> ");
+ error_at (&richloc,
+ "an explicit specialization must be preceded by"
+ " %<template <>%>");
+ }
invalid_explicit_specialization_p = true;
/* Take the same action that would have been taken by
cp_parser_explicit_specialization. */
diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/explicit-instantiation9.C b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/explicit-instantiation9.C
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4400226ef83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gcc/testsuite/g++.dg/template/explicit-instantiation9.C
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Fixits for specialisations are not valid for instantiations
+
+template <typename T>
+struct S {};
+
+template struct S<int> {}; // { dg-error "explicit instantiation cannot have a definition" }
--
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