In <CnEroA.3ns@world.std.com> miket@world.std.com (Michael Trachtman) writes:

>Are there any pending proposals to allow things like ?

>class A {
>  /* Specify a whole bunch of related friends in one stroke */
>  friend template<class A> do_something(A a);

>  private:
>     ...
>};

 Yes (except, as always, the template specification comes first;
 cfront allows this now).

 I use this in my code all the time (which implies that my code
 is not portable to platforms other than cfront--right now, I
 don't care).

>Are there any reasons why this should not be allowed ?

 No.