I have the strange problem that I can not declare a std::map::iterator inside a template: #include <map> template<typename S> struct A {}; template<typename T> struct B { typedef A<T> G; void f(G const & a) { std::map<G const *, int> my_As; std::map<G const *, int>::iterator my_A_iterator = my_As.find(&a); } }; The compiler says «error: expected `;' before "my_A_iterator"». If I change A<T> to for example bool, it compiles. What could possibly be wrong? I tried both g++-4.2.1 and g++-4.2.2.