c++/9744: Explicit parameterization of templated return value fails within templated function

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>Number:         9744
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       Explicit parameterization of templated return value fails within templated function
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          rejects-legal
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 18 15:36:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Ryan Daum
>Release:        gcc 3.2.3 20030210 (Debian prerelease) and 3.04 and 2.95.4
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>Description:
When compiling:

class Example
{
public:
  Example() { }
  template<typename R>
  R apply( void ) const {
     return R ();
  }
};


template <typename GCC_BUG>
void foo () {
  Example x;
  x.apply<bool>();
}

Errors:
  g++    -c -o break-gcc.o break-gcc.cpp
  break-gcc.cc: In function `void foo()':
  break-gcc.cc:15: syntax error before `>' token

Same code compiles without incident in Intel's CC, and appears (from my reading and others) to be legal standard C++.  This problem appears to occur in all GCC releases that I have tried (2.95, 3.0 and 3.2)
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