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+//Build don't link:
+//reported by Theodore Papadopoulo (Theodore.Papadopoulo@sophia.inria.fr)
+
+namespace A {
+
+   namespace B {
+
+      template <class T1,class T2>
+         class B {
+               static const unsigned count = 0;
+               template <class ForwardIter>
+               void SetError(ForwardIter it,const T1& p1,const T2& p2) const { }
+         };
+
+      template <>
+         const unsigned B<int,int>::count = 2;
+   }
+};
+
+int
+main()
+{
+   unsigned kk =  A::B<int,int>::count; // ERROR - not a template: syntax error
+}