Borland and gcc don't accept the following:

class Int :  public int {};

this makes the following use of templates impossible for builtin types:

template <class T> class Foo :  public T {};

In general, I find situations where an instantiation of a template fails
simply because the actual class is a builtin type rather annoying.

Isn't it possible to 'generate' all necessarry ctors, dtors and operators
for builtin types ?

 -- marc.

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