c++/6289: partial template specialization and friend

[Reichelt]

Hi,

here's an even shorter example:

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template <typename T> class B
{
    typedef int X;
    friend class X;
};
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This is in fact legal code (and is accepted by SGI's and Comeau's
compiler for example). It would be illegal, if the friend declaration
read "friend class B<T>::X", but this way "friend class X" refers to a
class outside of B (which hasn't been defined yet). If you add
"class X;" before the definiton of B then the ICE vanishes.

Greetings,
Volker Reichelt

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