From: use_my_alias_here_at_hotmail_com@tellus.orb.dotsrc.org   
      
   Hi,   
      
   Usually I want to separate the declaration from the definition also   
   for templates, but I bumped into an interesting error when doing that   
   recently. Consider this separation.   
      
   template   
   class A   
   {   
   public:   
        A& getMe( A& arg ); // Separated implementation below.   
   };   
      
   template   
   A& A::getMe( A& arg )   
   {   
        return *this;   
   }   
      
   int main()   
   {   
        A a;   
        A b;   
        a.getMe( b );   
        return 0;   
   }   
      
   This code gives me on gcc 4.7.2.   
   error: invalid use of template-name ‘A’ without an argument list   
      
   But if I change the return type to look like the following, it   
   compiles.   
      
   template   
   A& A::getMe( A& arg )   
   {   
        return *this;   
   }   
      
   My question is; why do I get a compilation error for the return type   
   but not for the argument 'arg' that is still just an A& ?   
      
      
   Thanks,   
   Daniel   
      
      
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