c++ - Multiple SFINAE class template specialisations using void_t

Question

Are multiple class template specialisations valid, when each is distinct only between patterns involving template parameters in non-deduced contexts?

A common example of std::void_t uses it to define a trait which reveals whether a type has a member typedef called "type". Here, a single specialisation is employed. This could be extended to identify say whether a type has either a member typedef called "type1", or one called "type2". The C++1z code below compiles with GCC, but not Clang. Is it legal?

template <class, class = std::void_t<>>
struct has_members : std::false_type {};

template <class T>                      
struct has_members<T, std::void_t<typename T::type1>> : std::true_type {};

template <class T>                                                        
struct has_members<T, std::void_t<typename T::type2>> : std::true_type {};

Answer 1

There is a rule that partial specializations have to be more specialized than the primary template - both of your specializations follow that rule. But there isn't a rule that states that partial specializations can never be ambiguous. It's more that - if instantiation leads to ambiguous specialization, the program is ill-formed. But that ambiguous instantiation has to happen first!

It appears that clang is suffering from CWG 1558 here and is overly eager about substituting in void for std::void_t.

This is CWG 1980 almost exactly:

In an example like

template<typename T, typename U> using X = T;
template<typename T> X<void, typename T::type> f();
template<typename T> X<void, typename T::other> f();

it appears that the second declaration of f is a redeclaration of the first but distinguishable by SFINAE, i.e., equivalent but not functionally equivalent.

If you use the non-alias implementation of void_t:

template <class... Ts> struct make_void { using type = void; };
template <class... Ts> using void_t = typename make_void<Ts...>::type;

then clang allows the two different specializations. Sure, instantiating has_members on a type that has both type1 and type2 typedefs errors, but that's expected.