egcs 1.1.1: odd warning message with template friend functions

[Mumit Khan]

"Jonathan Pryor" <jonpryor@vt.edu> writes:
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> Note: I'm not complaining about the resulting executable; I'm
> complaining about the warning message itself.
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> When I compile the attached source code, I get the 
> following warning:
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>     mi.cpp:7: warning: friend declaration `bool operator ==(
>         const class meta_info<T> &, const class meta_info<T> &)'
>     mi.cpp:7: warning:   declares a non-template function
>     mi.cpp:7: warning:   (if this is not what you intended, make sure
>     mi.cpp:7: warning:   the function template has already been declared,
>     mi.cpp:7: warning:   and add <> after the function name here)
>     mi.cpp:8: warning: friend declaration `class meta_info<T> metaid(
>         const T &)'
>     mi.cpp:8: warning:   declares a non-template function

Please see "Guiding Declarations" in the standard. EGCS is correct; MSVC
doesn't implmenent this correctly. This was added after Stroustrup book
came out (at least my copy of it).

Regards,
Mumit


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