templated friend function lookup

Question

The following simple code compiles fine

class A {
  int x[3];
public:
  A() { x[0]=1; x[1]=2; x[2]=3; }
  friend int const&at(A const&a, unsigned i)          


        

Answer 1

The fix is to separate declaration and definition:

class A {
  int x[3];
public:
  A() { x[0]=1; x[1]=2; x[2]=3; }

  template<unsigned I>
  friend int const&at(A const&a) noexcept;

  template<unsigned I>
  friend int foo(A const&a) noexcept;
};

template<unsigned I>
int const&at(A const&a) noexcept
{
  static_assert(I<3,"array boundary exceeded");
  return a.x[I];
}

template<unsigned I>
int foo(A const&a) noexcept
{
  int tmp = at<I>(a);
  return tmp*tmp;
}