From -5015528672733305791 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,707adf8c47900f8d,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-10 13:28:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!mutlu.news.demon.net!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!devnull From: kstuart.subs@btinternet.com ("Kenny Stuart") Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: It's a question of friends... Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 41 Approved: fjh@cs.mu.oz.au (Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++) Message-ID: X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1031689692 13408 10.0.0.1 (10 Sep 2002 20:28:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:28:12 +0000 (UTC) X-Received: from mulga.cs.mu.oz.au ([128.250.1.22]) by news.demon.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17orcJ-0003U7-00 for mail2news@news.news.demon.net; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:28:11 +0000 X-Received: by mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU id GAA07032; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 06:27:38 +1000 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Path: comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Delivered-To: std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu X-Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ X-NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Sep 2002 12:45:02 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:13764 Hi all, Can someone answer a question regarding the C++ standard and tell me if the following non-elaborated friend declaration is legal, I can't find a section in the standard that explicitly allows or disallows this ([14.5.3/temp.friend], [11.4/class.friend]), it works on most compilers but g++ (GCC) 3.2 disallows it with the message 'template parameters cannot be friends', the second example however works fine with g++. template class A{ friend _T; }; class B{}; typedef A C; ------------------------------------------------------ template class A2{ typedef typename _T::its_still_me_but_not_as_a_template_parameter T; friend T; }; class B2{ typedef B2 its_still_me_but_not_as_a_template_parameter; }; typedef A C2; thanks. Kenny Stuart. --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]