Hi, I don't know if this is a C++ or g++ problem, but this snippet doesn't compile, but I think it should: template void test(const char *par); template <> void test(const char *par = 0) {} int main() { test(); } g++ 3.4.5 returns the following errors: test.cpp:3: error: default arguments are only permitted for function parameters test.cpp:7: error: no matching function for call to `test()' Well, the first error text is a little bit misleading because I'm defining a default argument for a function parameter, but somehow this is not parsed correctly, and g++ thinks it's not a function. So, is this allowed in c++ or is a g++ parse bug? Thanks, Rodolfo Lima. _______________________________________________________ Yahoo! doce lar. Faça do Yahoo! sua homepage. http://br.yahoo.com/homepageset.html