Hi,

basing on [class.friend] (11.3/3) in C++11 I think Jon is right that cv-qualification should be ok in a friend declaration. I'm not sure, however, if we want to somehow allow that also in c++98 mode... Tested x86_64-linux.

Ok?

Thanks,
Paolo.

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/cp
2011-09-21  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carl...@oracle.com>
            Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely....@gmail.com>

        PR c++/50344
        * friend.c (make_friend_class): In c++0x mode, cv-qualification is
        ok in a friend declaration.

/cp
2011-09-21  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carl...@oracle.com>
            Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely....@gmail.com>

        PR c++/50344
        * g++.dg/cpp0x/friend3.C: New.
Index: testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/friend3.C
===================================================================
--- testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/friend3.C    (revision 0)
+++ testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/friend3.C    (revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// PR c++/50344
+// { dg-options -std=c++0x }
+
+template <typename T> class C
+{
+   friend T;
+   int i;
+};
+
+struct S
+{
+    int f()
+    {
+       C<const S> c;
+       return c.i;
+    }
+};
Index: cp/friend.c
===================================================================
--- cp/friend.c (revision 179049)
+++ cp/friend.c (working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Help friends in C++.
    Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
-   2007, 2008, 2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2007, 2008, 2010, 2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 This file is part of GCC.
 
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ make_friend_class (tree type, tree friend_type, bo
                 "invalid type %qT declared %<friend%>", friend_type);
       return;
     }
+  else if (cxx_dialect >= cxx0x)
+    friend_type = cv_unqualified (friend_type);
 
   if (friend_depth)
     /* If the TYPE is a template then it makes sense for it to be

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