using the member types of a parameter class in a template function

[Steven Keuchel <steven dot keuchel at freenet dot de>]

Hi list,

i'm posting to this list instead of comp.lang.c++ because the following code 
compiles with M$VC 7.0 but not with GCC.

I want to write a function that gets an arbitrary container and iterates 
through it. I can access the member funcs of the passed object and even 
static member functions of the parameter class (if it has some) but not 
member types of the class.

01: #include <vector>
02: 
03: template<class CONT> void templfunc(const CONT& mycont)
04: {
05: 	CONT::iterator myiter; // and now do sth with it
06: }
07: 
08: int main(int argc, char **argv)
09: {
10: 	std::vector<int> myvec;
11: 	templfunc(myvec);
12: 
13: 	return 0;
14: }

I know that i can implement this function by passing the range using 2 
iterators, which would be better code, but that's not the solution i search 
for.

gcc 3.2.3 says:
main.cpp:5: syntax error before `;' token

gcc 3.4 (20030910) says:
main.cpp: In function `void templfunc(const CONT&)':
main.cpp:5: error: expected `;'
main.cpp: In function `void templfunc(const CONT&) [with CONT = 
std::vector<int, std::allocator<int> >]':
main.cpp:11:   instantiated from here
main.cpp:5: error: `CONT::iterator' names a type, but a non-type is expected

Is this a GCC bug or is my code faulty and there's yet another bug in M$VC ?

Best regards,
	Steven.

PS.: please CC me, as i'm not subscribed to the list, thx