llewelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
| "naje" <najeiv@xxxxxxx> writes:
|
| > Hello,
| > would you suggest to me, why gcc 3.3.3 can not compile this:
| >
| > template<class T>
| > class Base
| > {
| > friend T;
|
| typedefs and template parameters are not allowed to be friends. 14.5.3
| describes the constructs allowed in a friend declaration in a
| class template, and typedefs and template parameters are not
| amoung them.
|
| I think this is unfortunate, but it's rare to need this feature.
Yes, hopefully that restriction will be removed from future versions of
C++.
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2003/n1520.pdf
http://www.open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG21/docs/papers/2004/n1616.pdf
-- Gaby
