Standard's rules for adding "template" in expressions
In the following program:
template< typename T >
struct Base
{
template< typename U > U foo() const { return U(); }
};
template< typename T >
struct Derived: Base<T>
{
T bar() const { return Base<T>::template foo<T>(); } // *
};
int main()
{
Derived<bool> o;
o.bar();
}
For the line marked "*", exactly where in the standard is the
requirement that "template" is added to designate foo as a function
template?
?5.1/7 refers to ?14.8.1, but I've scrutinized ?14.8.1, as well as other
places (including stepping through the search results for "template"!)
to no avail.
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