The following reply was made to PR c++/10261; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Giovanni Bajo" To: , , , , Cc: Subject: Re: c++/10261: g++ does not error for bogus |typename| inside a templated class Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 13:08:36 +0200 http://gcc.gnu.org/cgi-bin/gnatsweb.pl?cmd=view%20audit-trail&database=gcc&p r=10261 >> Not a bug. ยง14.6p5: "The keyword typename shall only be used in template > > declarations and definitions [...] The keyword typename shall only be > > applied to qualified names, but those names need not be dependent." > right, I wasn't complaining about the first two bits, which should be > erroring, but rather pointing out the second two lines. Please read again: "The keyword typename shall only be applied to qualified names, but those names *NEED NOT* be dependent." In your example, in the second two lines, foo::value_type is a non-dependent qualified name. Use of typename is allowed but not required. >Yeah, I think I misread the DR, Yup, that DR has nothing to do with this. Giovanni Bajo