Hi,

 The following C++ code is giving my compilers (SunC++ 4.0.1
and GCC 2.6) fits.

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template <class SYNCH>
class Foo
{
public:
  static SYNCH::MUTEX lock;
};

class Synch
{
  typedef int MUTEX;
  typedef int COND;
};

template <class SYNCH>
SYNCH::MUTEX Foo<SYNCH> lock;
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SunC++ 4.0.1 complains:

y.C", line 15: Error: :: is not a class name as required for a qualifer.
"y.C", line 15: Error: Templates can only declare classes or functions.
2 Error(s) detected.

whereas GCC complains:

y.C:15: parse error before `<'

This seems like it should be valid code.  Is there some reason in the
why it would be invalid?

Thanks,

 Doug
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