Hi,

I've recently stumbled upon a case where I wanted to use "variadic CRTP":


template <class Derived, class T>
class SBase
{
public:
   void foo(T t) { static_cast<Derived *>(this)->data.use(t); }
};


template <class ... X>
class S : public SBase<S<X...>, X>...
{
   Data data;
};


Something that I would've also liked to do was to have S befriend all of
its bases (as they need to access the private `data` member). It doesn't
sound however like it's possible *directly*: friend declarations are not
expansions loci for packs.

Is there any specific reason why variadic friends aren't a thing? (In
other words, is it a "remnant", like using before C++17; or is it a
deliberate choice?).


Thank you,

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