Is there a specific reason that a nested class cannot have a member
template?

My main query is why the specific restriction exists.
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In article 95Aug24221434@Austern, Tony Cook <tony@online.tmx.com.au> writes:
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>Is there a specific reason that a nested class cannot have a member
>template?
>
>My main query is why the specific restriction exists.

I didn't find that restriction in the draft, but I may have missed it.

There is a restriction that a *local* class cannot have a member template.
(A local class is one defined inside a function.) You cannot declare a
template inside a function, so it seems reasonable to disallow template
members of local classes for the same reason.

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Steve Clamage (clamage@Eng.Sun.COM) wrote:
: In article 95Aug24221434@Austern, Tony Cook <tony@online.tmx.com.au> writes:
: >Is there a specific reason that a nested class cannot have a member
: >template?

: I didn't find that restriction in the draft, but I may have missed it.

Sorry, I misread it.
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