[C++] Templatized code not found

[JustusAdam]

This issue is more me double checking that I did not make a mistake here. It appears that code in uninstantiated templates is inaccessible for analysis.

I’m trying to use CodeQL on a templatized library but it appears that the code within a function template cannot be analyzed? I understand that if I instantiate the template somewhere I will be able to analyze it but I just wanted to make sure I did not miss a way to analyze the templated code without instantiation.

void target()
{
}

template <typename T>
void entry()
{
    target();
}

void entry2()
{
    target();
}

This is the query I run

import cpp

from Call c
where c.getTarget().getName() = "target"
select c, c.getLocation().getStartLine()

This is the output.

|       c        | col1 |
+----------------+------+
| call to target |   13 |

If the templated code were found I would expect to also see a call in line 8.

CodeQL version: 2.19.3