[Bug c++/15900] New: template friend member function declaration has no effect

["thomas dot rudlof at gmx dot de" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

compiling:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
template<class T> struct A 
{
  void foo();
};

class B
{
  template<class T> friend void A<T>::foo();
  static int _b;
};

int B::_b = 0;

template<class T> void A<T>::foo() { ++B::_b; }

int main()
{
  A<int> a;
  a.foo();
}
-------------------------------------------------------------------
results in:

trudolf-l4:~/c> g++ -c friend.cc
friend.cc: In member function `void A<T>::foo() [with T = int]':
friend.cc:19:   instantiated from here
friend.cc:12: `int B::_b' is private
friend.cc:14: within this context
trudolf-l4:~/c> g++ -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2/specs
Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man
--infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix
--disable-checking --host=i386-redhat-linux --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)
trudolf-l4:~/c>

-- 
           Summary: template friend member function declaration has no
                    effect
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: thomas dot rudlof at gmx dot de
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15900