Compiler Error C3556

'expression': incorrect argument to 'decltype'

The compiler cannot deduce the type of the expression that is the argument to the decltype(expression) type specifier.

Example

In the following code example, the compiler cannot deduce the type of the myFunction argument because myFunction is overloaded. To fix this issue, you could use static_cast to create an instance of a pointer to the particular overloaded function to specify in the decltype expression.

// C3556.cpp
// compile with: cl /W4 /EHsc C3556.cpp
#include <iostream>

void myFunction(int);
void myFunction(float, float);

void callsMyFunction(decltype(myFunction) fn); // C3556
// One way to fix is to comment out the line above, and
// use static_cast to create specialized function pointer
// instances:
auto myFunctionInt = static_cast<void(*)(int)>(myFunction);
auto myFunctionFloatFloat = static_cast<void(*)(float,float)>(myFunction);
void callsMyFunction(decltype(myFunctionInt) fn, int n);
void callsMyFunction(decltype(myFunctionFloatFloat) fn, float f, float g);

void myFunction(int i) {
    std::cout << "called myFunction(" << i << ")" << std::endl;
}

void myFunction(float f, float g) {
    std::cout << "called myFunction(" << f << ", " << g << ")" << std::endl;
}

void callsMyFunction(decltype(myFunctionInt) fn, int n) {
    fn(n);
}

void callsMyFunction(decltype(myFunctionFloatFloat) fn, float f, float g) {
    fn(f, g);
}

int main() {
    callsMyFunction(myFunction, 42);
    callsMyFunction(myFunction, 0.1f, 2.3f);
}