C++ namespace::class can't be friends with main()

[Dean Foster <foster at diskworld dot wharton dot upenn dot edu>]

Possibly I'm being really stupid.  But I'm pretty sure the following
is a bug.  main() should be able to access the protected constructor
since it is a friend.  (Note: I've also run into other problems making
functions friends, but this is the only one that I'm sure isn't my
error!) 

thanks,

dean
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namespace foo
{
  class bar
  {
  protected:
    bar();
  private:
    friend int main();  // should make main() a friend
                        // note: "friend int ::main()"  doesn't work either
                        // pre-declaring main doesn't help
  };

}
 
int
main()
{
  foo::bar x;
}
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output:
friends.cc: In function `int main()':
friends.cc:8: `foo::bar::bar()' is protected
friends.cc:18: within this context
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version:
Reading specs from
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
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