In article <7lmcmg$het$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  Timothy Miller <tim@techsource.com> wrote:
[snip]
> Ok, so what is the proper syntax to declare that a template is a
friend
> of a non-template?
>
[snip]

Hi,

Here is an example of template friend classes
for various situations.
        Alex


//#########################################################
//------------------- C++ code : BEGIN -------------------

//---------------------------------------------
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
class FFF;


//---------------------------------------------
class AAA {public : AAA (); };

//---------------------------------------------
template <typename T1> class BBB1 {public : BBB1 (); };
template <typename T1> class BBB2 {public : BBB2 (); };
template <typename T1> class BBB3 {public : BBB3 (); };

//---------------------------------------------
template <typename T1, typename T2> class CCC1 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2> class CCC2 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2> class CCC3 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2> class CCC4 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2> class CCC5 {};

//---------------------------------------------
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3> class DDD1 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3> class DDD2 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3> class DDD3 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3> class DDD4 {};
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3> class DDD5 {};

//---------------------------------------------
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, typename T4> class EEE1
{};

//---------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------
template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
class FFF
{
//-----
friend class AAA;

//-----
friend class BBB1<int>;
friend class BBB2<T1>;
template <typename S1> friend class BBB3;

//-----
friend class CCC1<int, float>;
friend class CCC2<int, T2>;
friend class CCC2<T1, int>;
friend class CCC3<T1, T2>;
friend class CCC3<T1, T3>;
friend class CCC3<T2, T3>;
friend class CCC3<T3, T2>;
template <typename S2> friend class CCC4<int, S2>;
template <typename S1, typename S2> friend class CCC5;

//-----
friend class DDD1<int, char, float>;
friend class DDD2<int, T2, float>;
friend class DDD2<int, T3, float>;
friend class DDD3<T1, T2, T3>;
friend class DDD3<T1, T3, T2>;
template <typename S1, typename S2> friend class DDD4<T1, S2, S1>;
template <typename S1, typename S2, typename S3> friend class DDD5;

//-----
template <typename S> friend class EEE1<T1, T2, S, T3>;

//-----
        private :
                FFF (T1 t1) {}

        public :
                ~FFF () {}
};

//---------------------------------------------
//---------------------------------------------
AAA::AAA ()
{
        FFF<int, char, float> (5);
}

template <typename T1>
BBB1<T1>::BBB1 ()
{
        FFF<T1, double, float> (T1 ());
};

template <typename T1>
BBB2<T1>::BBB2 ()
{
        FFF<T1, double, float> (T1 ());
};


class YYY {};
template <typename T1>
BBB3<T1>::BBB3 ()
{
        FFF<YYY, double, float> (YYY ());
};


class XXX {};
int main ()
{
AAA a;

BBB1<int>       b1;

BBB2<int>       b2;
BBB2<char>      b3;
BBB2<XXX>       b4;

BBB3<XXX>       b5;
        return 0;
}


//------------------- C++ code : END ----------------------


//#########################################################
//------------------- Compiler & System  ------------------

g++ -v     : gcc version egcs-2.91.57 19980901
             (egcs-1.1 release)

uname -a   : SunOS <nodename> 5.6 Generic_105181-09
             sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5

//---------------------------------------------------------

//#########################################################



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