The following code fails to compile under g++ 4.3.2: class Bar {};
template<int N> class Foo { double val[N]; }; template<int N> void fun(Foo<N>* ptr) { } typedef void (*T)(Bar*); T funptr = (T) &fun<2>; The error message is: $ g++ -c a.cc a.cc:14: error: address of overloaded function with no contextual type information I don't know if the standard allows this, but it looks like it should be allowed to take the address of a templated function, because it works in other contexts (see below). It seems unambiguous because with foo<2> we a specific variant of the function is requested. Intel's C++ compiler (icpc versions 9.1 and 10.1) accepts it. It is possible to work around this error by providing "contextual type information", although how to do that is not immediately obvious to everyone. The workaround that worked for me is to replace the last line with: typedef void (*U)(Foo<2>*); T funptr = (T) (U) &fun<2>; which compiles without errors or warnings. The error is similar to bug 29143, but I don't think it's a dup. In that case, the "contextual type information" is present, but apparently ignored by the compiler. In this case, context doesn't help with type determination, but it shouldn't be necessary since foo<2> uniquely identifies the function. Detailed version information: $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Target: i486-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.3/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.3 --program-suffix=-4.3 --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-objc-gc --enable-mpfr --enable-targets=all --enable-checking=release --build=i486-linux-gnu --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.3.2 (Ubuntu 4.3.2-1ubuntu11) -- Summary: Cannot take address of template function Product: gcc Version: 4.3.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: minor Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: hniksic at gmail dot com http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=39018