template in namespace; constructor calls

[Pal Benko]

Input (namespace.cc):

namespace bar
{
  template <typename T>
  T const foo(T const &);
}

template <typename T>
T const
bar::foo(T const &a)
{
  return a;
}

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$ g++ -v
Reading specs from /usr/local/gcc-2.95/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95/specs
gcc version 2.95 19990728 (release)
$ g++ namespace.cc -c
namespace.cc:10: `bar::foo(const T &)' should have been declared inside `bar'

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The non-template version compiles.  This version compiles and runs
correctly on older versions (egcs-1.1.2).


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Another problem (I do not know who is right):

the compiler takes the following line:

type1 f(type2(a));

to be a declaration of a function f taking one parameter of type2
called a, returning type1.

I meant a variable f of type type1 constructed from a temporary of
type type2 which in turn is constructed from a.

In this case there is no difference between different versions of gcc.

Benko Pal