[Bug c++/45002] Name of member class of template class cannot be used as argument type.

[redi at gcc dot gnu dot org]

------- Comment #3 from redi at gcc dot gnu dot org  2010-07-20 17:50 -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> 
> PS: If it were easy to do a better error message would be good.

If it were easy to do I think it would have been done by now, but feel free to
open a bug report requesting it as an enhancement.  I think some compilers do
extra lookup and tell you it would have worked if you'd used 'typename'.

> Another thing that would be good is adding something to 14.5.1.2
> on `Member classes of class templates' to say that if you use
> them and try to name them you must use `typename[::]', but I
> don't know how to submit a reference manual trouble report.

It's not a reference manual, it's an International Standard.  As long as it's
self-consistent and unambiguous it's not required to be easy to read!

You can report issues to comp.std.c++ or to your national standards body, but I
doubt such it would be considered a defect because the rules are there, just
not where you might have looked for them.


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