https://github.com/mizvekov created 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/207256

Explicit specializations are not restricted to namespace scope since CWG727 was 
accepted as a DR.

Also fixes a crash upon error recovery in this case which was a recent 
unreleased regression.

Fixes #206866

>From b88cc2134b0661737c4f097bbceaf820c17379b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matheus Izvekov <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 15:35:23 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] [clang] accept member specializations declared in class scope

Explicit specializations are not restricted to namespace scope since CWG727 was
accepted as a DR.

Also fixes a crash upon error recovery in this case which was a recent
unreleased regression.

Fixes #206866
---
 clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md                    |  1 +
 clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp                   |  6 +++
 clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplate.cpp               |  9 ++--
 .../SemaTemplate/member-specialization.cpp    | 41 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
index ba9572e2e7c59..b590d88ff2921 100644
--- a/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
+++ b/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -792,6 +792,7 @@ latest release, please see the [Clang Web 
Site](https://clang.llvm.org) or the
 - Fix a problem where a substitution failure when evaluating a type requirement
   could directly make the program ill-formed.
 - Typo correction now corrects the name qualifier for invalid template names.
+- Member specializations can now be declared in class scope.
 - Fix a problem where pack index expressions where incorrectly being regarded 
as equivalent.
 - Correctly diagnose narrowing in pack index expressions. (#GH205650)
 - Fixed a bug where captured variables in non-mutable lambdas were incorrectly 
treated as mutable
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
index f6d1d7a7877c7..1147bae36dad5 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaDecl.cpp
@@ -6407,6 +6407,12 @@ bool Sema::diagnoseQualifiedDeclaration(CXXScopeSpec 
&SS, DeclContext *DC,
   }
 
   if (Cur->isRecord()) {
+    // C++26 [temp.expl.spec]p3 (Adopted as a DR in CWG727):
+    //   An explicit specialization may be declared in any scope in which the
+    //   corresponding primary template may be defined.
+    if (IsMemberSpecialization)
+      return false;
+
     // Cannot qualify members within a class.
     Diag(Loc, diag::err_member_qualification)
       << Name << SS.getRange();
diff --git a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplate.cpp b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplate.cpp
index 4f5eb36406f65..f1d72eaf4b572 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplate.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Sema/SemaTemplate.cpp
@@ -1984,10 +1984,11 @@ DeclResult Sema::CheckClassTemplate(
         Invalid = true;
     }
 
-    if (TUK != TagUseKind::Friend && TUK != TagUseKind::Reference)
-      diagnoseQualifiedDeclaration(SS, SemanticContext, Name, NameLoc,
-                                   /*TemplateId-*/ nullptr,
-                                   /*IsMemberSpecialization*/ false);
+    if (TUK != TagUseKind::Friend && TUK != TagUseKind::Reference &&
+        diagnoseQualifiedDeclaration(SS, SemanticContext, Name, NameLoc,
+                                     /*TemplateId=*/nullptr,
+                                     IsMemberSpecialization))
+      return true;
 
     LookupQualifiedName(Previous, SemanticContext);
   } else {
diff --git a/clang/test/SemaTemplate/member-specialization.cpp 
b/clang/test/SemaTemplate/member-specialization.cpp
index 894b8c4e4bd04..4b8ee193853bf 100644
--- a/clang/test/SemaTemplate/member-specialization.cpp
+++ b/clang/test/SemaTemplate/member-specialization.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,47 @@ int f(X<int, int> x) {
   return x.as<int>();
 }
 
+namespace ClassScope1 {
+  struct A {
+    template <class> struct B {
+      template <int V> struct C {
+        static constexpr auto value = V / 2;
+      };
+    };
+    template <> template <int V> struct B<void>::C {
+      static constexpr auto value = V;
+    };
+    template <> template <int V> struct B<char>::C {
+      static constexpr auto value = 2 * V;
+    };
+  };
+
+  static_assert(A::B<void>::C<2>::value == 2);
+  static_assert(A::B<void>::C<3>::value == 3);
+  static_assert(A::B<char>::C<2>::value == 4);
+  static_assert(A::B<char>::C<3>::value == 6);
+  static_assert(A::B<int>::C<10>::value == 5);
+  static_assert(A::B<int>::C<20>::value == 10);
+} // ClassScope1
+
+namespace DifferentTemplateHeads1 {
+  struct A {
+    template <class> struct B {
+      template <class> struct C {}; // expected-note {{previous template 
declaration is here}}
+    };
+    template <> template <int> struct B<void>::C {};
+    // expected-error@-1 {{template parameter has a different kind in template 
redeclaration}}
+  };
+} // namespace DifferentTemplateHeads1
+
+namespace GH206866 {
+  class A {
+    template <class> class B {};
+    template <> template <class> class B<void>::C {};
+    // expected-error@-1 {{out-of-line definition of 'C' does not match any 
declaration}}
+  };
+} // namespace GH206866
+
 namespace GH205971 {
   template<class> struct A {};
 

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