g++ 2.95.2 error parsing a scoped friend declaration

[Martin Sebor]

Hi,

the program below fails to compile when A<T> is prefixed with the scope
resolution operator. Removing it allows it to compile.

Regards
Martin


$ cat test.cpp

template <class T>
struct A { };


template <class T>
struct B
{
    friend class ::A<T>;
};


$ g++ -v test.cpp
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/cpp -lang-c++ -v -D__GNUC__=2
-D__GNUG__=2 -D__GNUC_MINOR__=95 -D__cplusplus -D__ELF__ -Dunix -D__i386__
-Dlinux -D__ELF__ -D__unix__ -D__i386__ -D__linux__ -D__unix -D__linux
-Asystem(posix) -D__EXCEPTIONS -Acpu(i386) -Amachine(i386) -Di386 -D__i386
-D__i386__ -Di686 -Dpentiumpro -D__i686 -D__i686__ -D__pentiumpro
-D__pentiumpro__ test.cpp /tmp/cc9tVunH.ii
GNU CPP version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (i386 Linux/ELF)
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/../../../../include/g++-3
 /usr/local/include
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/include
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/include
 /usr/include
End of search list.
The following default directories have been omitted from the search path:
End of omitted list.
 /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/2.95.2/cc1plus /tmp/cc9tVunH.ii -quiet
-dumpbase test.cc -version -o /tmp/ccehIpqg.s
GNU C++ version 2.95.2 19991024 (release) (i686-pc-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C
version 2.95.2 19991024 (release).
test.cpp:10: parse error before `;'