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>>>>> Craig P Forbes <craig@mccabe.com> writes:

> My understanding is that the typename keyword may only be used in templates
> to identify subtypes of the template parameters, which otherwise can not be
> identified as a type.

> for example:

> template <T>
> class foo {

>   typename T::i;

This line is semantically null, as the 'typename' keyword only affects the
immediate use of the scope expression, not subsequent uses.

>   int var;

>   void fn() {
>     T::i *var;  //without the typename keyword this could either be a declaration
>                 //or an expression.

This must be 'typename T::i *var;'.

>   }
> };

Jason

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