c++/5023: Error declaring constructor of template class specialization as friend

[jsberg@bnl.gov]

>Number:         5023
>Category:       c++
>Synopsis:       Error declaring constructor of template class specialization as friend
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          rejects-legal
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 05 14:46:08 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     
>Release:        3.0.2
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: Linux jsberg1 2.4.9 #2 SMP Tue Aug 21 17:36:52 EDT 2001 i686 unknown
Architecture: i686

	
host: i686-pc-linux-gnu
build: i686-pc-linux-gnu
target: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configured with: ../gcc-3.0.2/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-3.0.2
>Description:
	
This code:

template<class C> class S {
public:
  S();
private:
};

class T {
  friend S<int>::S<int>();
public:
  T();
private:
  void f() const;
};

template<class C> S<C>::S() {
  // T t; t.f();
}

S<int> s;

Compiled with this command line:

c++ -c test02.cxx

Gives this error

test02.cxx:8: no `void S<int>::S()' member function declared in class `S<int>'


>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:
	Plenty of workarounds:
	friend class S<int>;
	or
	template<class C> friend S<C>::S();
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: