boost::rational issue with ios_base constructor

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start by reproducing the overload example using boost/rational.hpp and the Wandbox link, then inspect the interaction with the ios_base.h error reported from GCC's standard library. Confirm what causes the compilation failure and define done as making the shown program compile without regressing rational behavior.

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Description

Code fails to compile if boost::rational is used as the parameter to a function that also shares a signature with a void* - for example:

#include <boost/rational.hpp>

void foo(void(*)()) {}
void foo(boost::rational<int>) {}

void fun() {}

int main() {
  foo(fun);
}

https://wandbox.org/permlink/a06FvkYIP5asIys0

This returns an error in from /opt/wandbox/gcc-head/include/c++/11.0.0/bits/ios_base.h:41,

Apologies since I'm not familiar with the code enough to give a better example/understanding of what's happening. Please let me know what other information I can provide or how I can help get this sorted.

thanks,
John

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