http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60642
Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keywords| |diagnostic Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Last reconfirmed| |2014-03-25 Summary|abi_tag attribute doesn't |Unclear diagnostic with |work on explicit |invalid use of abi_tag |specializations of class |attribute on explicit |templates |instantiation Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> --- That's not a specialization, it's an explicit instantiation, and so you don't need the tag, it should be simply: template class test<int>; The error message could be clearer though, so confirming as a diagnostic bug.