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2025-04-13

2621. Kind of lookup for using enum declarations

[Accepted as a DR at the November, 2022 meeting.]

Consider:

enum class E {
  a, b, c
};

using MyE = E;

int main() {
  using enum MyE;   // #1
}

Does the lookup for the elaborated-enum-specifier at #1 use type-only lookup per 6.5.6 [basic.lookup.elab]? There is implementation divergence; EDG, gcc, and MSVC accept, clang rejects.

Suggested resolution [SUPERSEDED]:

Change in 9.8.2 [enum.udecl] paragraph 1 as follows:

The elaborated-enum-specifier shall not name a dependent type and the type shall have a reachable enum-specifier.

CWG telecon 2022-09-09:

The example at #1 is intended to be valid; even though the grammar suggests that an elaborated-type-specifier is used here, an ordinary (not a type-only) lookup is performed.

Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2022-09-23) [SUPERSEDED]:

Change in 9.8.2 [enum.udecl] paragraph 1 as follows:

The elaborated-enum-specifier shall not name a dependent type and the type shall have a reachable enum-specifier.

CWG 2022-11-07:

Use the wording approach presented in CA-054, with necessary adjunct fixes.

Proposed resolution (approved by CWG 2022-11-10):

Change the grammar before 9.2.9.5 [dcl.type.elab] paragraph 1 as follows, merging the grammar productions:

elaborated-type-specifier :
    class-key attribute-specifier-seqopt nested-name-specifieropt identifier
    class-key simple-template-id
    class-key nested-name-specifier templateopt simple-template-id
    elaborated-enum-specifier
    
elaborated-enum-specifier :
    enum nested-name-specifieropt identifier

Change the grammar before 9.8.2 [enum.udecl] paragraph 1 as follows:

using-enum-declaration:
    using elaborated-enum-specifier  ;

Change in 9.8.2 [enum.udecl] paragraph 1 as follows:

The elaborated-enum-specifier shall not name a dependent type and the type shall have a reachable enum-specifier.