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From: jr@grenoble.hp.com (Jean-Rene Bouvier)
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 06:19:08 GMT
Subject: Re: C++ templates standard
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In article <JASON.94Sep7141307@deneb.cygnus.com>, jason@cygnus.com (Jason Merrill) writes:
> >>>>> Jean-Rene Bouvier <jr@grenoble.hp.com> writes:
> 
> > I've tried several compilers for the following piece of code, but none
> > accepted it.
> > Does anyone know whether my code is legal or not ?
> 
> It isn't.  Class templates cannot be nested.
> 
> Jason

Is there any reason - besides compilers complexity - to forbid nested
templates. I can't see why there would be an issue with them, has that
question been debated at ANSI ?

BTW: none of my compilers told me I was using an illegal construct; indeed one
of them even spat a 'sorry, not implemented (I know, no compiler holds the 
truth...).

- jr.