c++/9887: Syntax error on explicit member function template argument in function template body

[Martin Sebor]

bangerth@dealii.org wrote:
> Synopsis: Syntax error on explicit member function template argument in function template body
> 
> State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
> State-Changed-By: bangerth
> State-Changed-When: Mon Mar  3 15:17:04 2003
> State-Changed-Why:
>     Not a bug. You need to write
>         x.template f<int>(); // syntax error
>     (note the "template" keyword here).

It seems that it would save you (and users) a lot of time if the
diagnostic just said that. I wonder how difficult it would be to
enhance the parser to detect this (along with the missing typename)
as a special case and give a better error message.

Regards
Martin

>     
>     W.
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