According to [temp.deduct.guide/3]:
(...) A deduction-guide shall be declared in the same scope as the corresponding class template and, for a member class template, with the same access. (...)
But below example doesn't seem to compile in both [gcc] and [clang].
#include <string>
template <class>
struct Foo {
template <class T>
struct Bar {
Bar(T) { }
};
Bar(char const*) -> Bar<std::string>;
};
int main() {
Foo<int>::Bar bar("abc");
static_cast<void>(bar);
}
What is the correct syntax of deduction guide for nested template class? Or maybe this one is correct but it isn't yet supported by the compilers?
#include <string>
template <class T>
struct Bar {
Bar(T) { }
};
Bar(char const*) -> Bar<std::string>;
int main() {
Bar bar("abc");
static_cast<void>(bar);
}
[temp.deduct.guide] includes the sentence:
A deduction-guide shall be declared in the same scope as the corresponding class template and, for a member class template, with the same access.
This suggests that your example should work - deduction guides are explicitly supported for member class templates, as long as they're declared in the same scope and access (which would be the class scope and public
- check and check).
This is gcc bug 79501 (filed by Richard Smith).