On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Jeroen Wijnhout" <jeroen.wijnhout@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The cause seems to be the instantiation of >> DependentTemplatedClass<TemplatedClass<int > >, which induces an >> instantiation of TemplatedClass<int> as well. However I would expect >> this instantiation to have public visibility as well, because the >> DependentTemplatedClass instantiation is public. Is this a GCC bug, or >> am I doing something wrong here? > > The semantics of how visibility should work with C++ classes and > templates are obscure and probably still not fully pinned down. There > has been work in each recent gcc release to address this in various > ways. You neglected to mention which version of gcc you are using. I > would recommend trying your program with mainline (the future gcc > 4.4). If it does not behave as you expect, file a bug report (see > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html ). Thanks. I am using GCC4.3.2 (most recent released version afaik), however I will try the mainline version. thanks, Jeroen
