Ian, > > Could anybody give me a hint? > > > ISO C++98 [friend.class] paragraph 7: > > A name nominated by a friend declaration shall be > accessible in the > scope of the class containing the friend declaration. Thanks for pointing out. The Stroustrup book contains a wrong example. I now found out, this is DR209 and GCC bug 7809: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7809 > Ian Sorry for the noise. Best, Björn!
