Suboptimal error message for missing typename

[Gerald Pfeifer]

With egcs-2.91.33 19980526 the snippet

  #include <vector>

  template <class T>
  class NAMESTABLE {
    vector<T> data;
  public:
    vector<T>::reference operator[](int) {
        return data[0];
        }
    };

compiles without a hitch. Once I add the -pedantic flag I get the
correct, though not exactly helpful, error message

  x.cc:7: syntax error before `operator'


How hard would it be to make this

  x.cc:7: missing typename before type preceeding `operator'


Gerald
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