[Bug c++/11429] New: nested class within template class is not inherited by derived template class

[pettit at mbi dot ucla dot edu]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11429

           Summary: nested class within template class is not inherited by
                    derived template class
           Product: gcc
           Version: 3.3
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: c++
        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
        ReportedBy: pettit at mbi dot ucla dot edu
                CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
  GCC host triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: i686-pc-linux-gnu

Gcc 3.3 emits nonsensical "implicit typename" warnings whenever a derived 
template class mentions a nested class that was declared within the 
base template class; the nested class should be inherited by the derived 
class, but is not inherited. Hence gcc regards any mention of the nested
class as an "implicit typename". Does not happend with Gcc 2.96, but
I remember it happening with earlier versions.
Here is a simple example (warning message listed below):

template < class T>
class base
{
public:
  base( void) { }
  ~base( void)  { }
  class nested
  {
  public:
    int i;
  };
};

template < class T>
class derived : public base< T >
{
public:
  derived( void)  { }
  ~derived( void)  { }
  int transform( nested f1st, nested last) const;
};

template < class T>
int derived< T>::transform( derived< T>::nested f1st,
			    derived< T>::nested last) const
{ return f1st.i+last.i; }

int main( int argc, char **argv)
{
  int j;
  base<int>    bob;
  derived<int> mary;
  derived<int>::nested f1st, last;
  f1st.i = 2;
  last.i = 2;
  j = mary.transform( f1st, last);
}

template class base< int>;
template class derived< int>;

Here is the warning message from GCC:

junk.cpp:20: warning: `derived<T>::nested' is implicitly a typename
junk.cpp:20: warning: implicit typename is deprecated, please see the
   documentation for details
junk.cpp:20: warning: `derived<T>::nested' is implicitly a typename
junk.cpp:20: warning: implicit typename is deprecated, please see the
   documentation for details
junk.cpp:26: warning: `derived<T>::nested' is implicitly a typename
junk.cpp:26: warning: implicit typename is deprecated, please see the
   documentation for details
junk.cpp:26: warning: `derived<T>::nested' is implicitly a typename
junk.cpp:26: warning: implicit typename is deprecated, please see the
   documentation for details

Gcc was configured with these options:

Configured with: ../gcc-3.3/configure --with-stabs --with-as=/usr/bin/as
--with-ld=/usr/bin/ld --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,java --enable-threads=posix
Thread model: posix
gcc version 3.3

Output of uname -a:
Linux 2.4.3-20mdk #1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001 i686 unknown