If one defines a template as e.g.

  template <class T> class star {
 ...
  };

and also define a real class with that same 'template' name, i.e.

  class star {
        ...
  };

the Borland C++ compiler (3.0) complains. Can anybody confirm if this
is a Borland bug?

 Peter
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In article <TEUBEN.92Dec16162305@lynx.astro.umd.edu> teuben@lynx.astro.umd.edu (Peter Teuben) writes:
>
>If one defines a template as e.g.
>
>  template <class T> class star {
> ...
>  };
>
>and also define a real class with that same 'template' name, i.e.
>
>  class star {
>        ...
>  };
>
>the Borland C++ compiler (3.0) complains. Can anybody confirm if this
>is a Borland bug?

 I hope not, since it isn't a bug.  ARM, section 14.2:

 A class template name must be unique in a program and may not
 be declared to refer to any other template, class, function,
 object, value, or type in the same scope.

 -- Pete