https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=81764
Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED CC| |jason at gcc dot gnu.org Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #2 from Jason Merrill <jason at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Yes, this behavior is intended; just like you can't explicitly specialize a class after it's been instantiated, you can't specify attributes either. The C++ standard is even stricter, saying "No attribute-specifier-seq shall appertain to an explicit instantiation."