http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52212
--- Comment #3 from Daniel Krügler <daniel.kruegler at googlemail dot com> 2012-02-12 15:02:22 UTC --- My quoted phrase doesn't actually say that (nominated refers to the befriended name). But 11 p4 can be applied here: "Access control is applied uniformly to all names, whether the names are referred to from declarations or expressions."