Backporting to 4_0 the latest friend bits

[Mark Mitchell]

Paolo Carlini wrote:
> Mark Mitchell wrote:
> 
> 
>>OK, please go ahead and apply the relevant patch -- once we are out of
>>the slush.
> 
> 
> Thanks a lot Mark. To be sure: in my understanding, only mainline is in
> slush, not 4_0-branch, where we want to backport the patches. If I'm
> mistaken please let us know ASAP.

You are correct; 4.0 is open for regression fixes, so go ahead.  I was 
being an idiot when I referred to the slush above.

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