can't take address of static template member funcion?

[Alexandre Oliva]

Martin von Loewis <martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> writes:

>> >   void (*fp)()=&cow().template func<int>; // error
> [...]
>> void (*fp)() = &cow::template func<int>;
>> 

> Unless there is some restriction on taking member addresses, accessing
> static members through objects is OK, and g++ is in error.

There is such a restriction [expr.unary.op]/3:

3 A pointer to member is only formed when an explicit & is used and  its
  operand  is  a  qualified-id not enclosed in parentheses

`cow().template func<int>' is not a qualified-id.

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