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I've run into a problem with g++ 2.7.2 under Solaris 2.4.

I've got two seemingly equivalent pieces of code one of which produces
a parse error and the other compiles fine. The porblem only occurs
when trying to nest templates without using pointers. 

A simple example follows.

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template <class T> class a 
{
  T data;
};

template <class T> class d
{
  T data4;
};

template class d<a<int>>;

main()
{

}
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This will give a "parse error before `>'" message on the template line..

However trying the following will get the compiler to accept it
although the structure is the same.

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template <class T> class a 
{
  T data;
};

template <class T> class d
{
  T data4;
};

typedef a<int> foolthecompiler;
template class d<foolthecompiler>;

main()
{

}
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Your verdict? Bug (or feature), or something about templates I have still
to learn?

I really hope you can shed light on this - I've spent 8 hours trying
to solve the problem before the typedef solution was suggested to me.

Mark