------- Comment #8 from jason at gcc dot gnu dot org 2008-12-29 19:56 ------- C++98 does not exclude the GCC behavior: it only says
The explicit instantiation of a class template specialization implies the instantiation of all of its members not previously explicitly specialized in the translation unit containing the explicit instantiation. I'm going to raise a core issue about the C++0x situation. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=38613
