How to use friend functions.

[Jeffrey Holle <jeff dot holle at verizon dot net>]

I use gcc v3.3.
I'm developing an application in which I want to restrict access to a 
member function to everything but 1 function.

I'm attempting to accomplish this by making the method private and my 
function a friend, but failing.

The synopsis of the function is:
  template<class T1> void putNamespace(const string& name, T1& object);

I attempt to define this function has a friend of CParameter with the 
following in the public definition area of this class.
  friend void putNamespace(const string& name, CParameter& object);

I've tried to indicate what this function actually is (a template), but 
run into compiler errors.

It compiled the shared library that I'm defining it in, but when I 
attempt to compile a client that uses it like:
	putNamespace("std",myParameter);
I get errors associated with putNamespace attempting to a private method 
of CParameter, which it does!

I've backed off from the template as an experiment.  In defining 
putNamespace to take a second parameter of "CParameter", I get these 
compilation errors in compiling my shared library.

Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?