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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Mattias Karlsson <betasoft@acc.umu.se>
Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Template declaration inside function
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:44:00 -0000
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	Karlsson's message of "Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:39:27 +0200 (MEST)")
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* Mattias Karlsson:

> Given:
>
> void f(void)
> {
>    template<typename T> class A
>    {
>    };
> }
>
> g++ 4.0/3.4 gives: 
> bug.cpp:4: error: expected primary-expression before 'template'
>
> Can a language lawer please confirm that this is even valid before I
> create a PR?

It's not valid (local template declarations are not allowed, see
14(2)), but it makes sense to create a PR.  The error message is very
hard to understand.