template self friendship

template < typename T >
struct test
{
  template < typename U >
  friend struct test<U>;
};

int main() {}

This is perfectly valid code, no? I ask because MSVC++ 2010 fails to compile it. Not the first time templates have confuzled the MS compiler though. As far as I can tell from books, websites, and s开发者_高级运维uch it should work.

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The correct syntax is:

template < typename T >
struct test
{
  template < typename U >
  friend struct test; // no <U>
};

int main() {}