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<P><EM>This is an unofficial snapshot of the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG21
  Core Issues List revision 118b.
  See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ for the official
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<P>2025-09-28</P>
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<A NAME="468"></A><H4>468.
  
Allow <TT>::template</TT> outside of templates
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<B>Section: </B>13.3&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.names">temp.names</A>]
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 <B>Status: </B>CD1
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 <B>Submitter: </B>John Spicer
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 <B>Date: </B>9 Apr 2004<BR>


<P>[Voted into WP at the October, 2006 meeting.]</P>

<P>For the same reasons that <A HREF="382.html">issue 382</A>
proposes for relaxation of the requirements on <TT>typename</TT>,
it would make sense to allow the <TT>::template</TT> disambiguator
outside of templates.</P>

<P>See also issues <A HREF="11.html">11</A>,
<A HREF="30.html">30</A>,
<A HREF="96.html">96</A>, and <A HREF="109.html">109</A>.</P>

<P><B>Proposed resolution (October, 2005):</B></P>

<P>Change 13.3 [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.names#5">temp.names</A>] paragraph 5 as indicated:</P>

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If a name prefixed by the keyword <TT>template</TT> is not the name of
a template, the program is ill-formed. [<I>Note:</I> the
keyword <TT>template</TT> may not be applied to non-template members
of class templates. &#8212;<I>end note</I>] <DEL>Furthermore, names of
member templates shall not be prefixed by the
keyword <TT>template</TT> if the <I>postfix-expression</I>
or <I>qualified-id</I> does not appear in the scope of a template.</DEL>
[<I>Note:</I> just as is the case with the <TT>typename</TT> prefix,
the <TT>template</TT> prefix is allowed in cases where it is not
strictly necessary; i.e., when <INS>the <I>nested-name-specifier
or</I></INS> the expression on the left of the <TT>-&gt;</TT>
or <TT>.</TT><DEL>, or the <I>nested-name-specifier</I></DEL> is not
dependent on a <I>template-parameter</I><INS>, or the use does not
appear in the scope of a template</INS>. &#8212;<I>end note</I>]

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