internal compiler error with friend/templates/namespace

[Dimitri PAPADOPOULOS-ORFANOS]

Hi,

This is GCC 2.95.2 19991024 and I get an internal compiler error
while trying to compile this:

	namespace me {

	template <typename T>
	class rc_ptr {
		template <typename U> friend class rc_ptr;
	};
	
	}

I won't swear the code is correct. I am trying to tell the compiler
that rc_ptr<U>  for any type U should be a friend of rc_ptr<T>. This
is probably not possible I guess...


$ g++ -v
Reading specs from 
/usr/local/gcc-2.95.2/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solaris2.7/2.95.2/specs
gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
$ cat foo.cc
namespace me {

template <typename T>
class rc_ptr {
	template <typename U> friend class rc_ptr;
};

}
$ g++ -c foo.cc
foo.cc:5: Internal compiler error.
foo.cc:5: Please submit a full bug report.
foo.cc:5: See <URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/faq.html#bugreport > for 
instructions.
$ 


Regards,
Dimitri Papadopoulos