c++ - GCC issue: using a member of a base class that depends on a template argument

Question

The following code doesn't compile with gcc, but does with Visual Studio:

template <typename T> class A {
public:
    T foo;
};

template <typename T> class B: public A <T> {
public:
    void bar() { cout << foo << endl; }
};

I get the error:

test.cpp: In member function ‘void B::bar()’:

test.cpp:11: error: ‘foo’ was not declared in this scope

But it should be! If I change bar to

void bar() { cout << this->foo << endl; }

then it does compile, but I don't think I have to do this. Is there something in the official specs of C++ that GCC is following here, or is it just a quirk?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11405/gcc-issue-using-a-member-of-a-base-class-that-depends-on-a-template-argument

Answer 1

This changed in gcc-3.4. The C++ parser got much more strict in that release -- per the spec but still kinda annoying for people with legacy or multi-platform code bases.