http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54665
Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini at oracle dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Paolo Carlini <paolo.carlini at oracle dot com> 2012-09-21 23:46:39 UTC --- The correct syntax is: template <typename Second> using TypedefName = SomeType<OtherType, Second, 5>; ie, no "typename". You can find a good set of examples in the testsuite as: testsuite/g++.dg/cpp0x/alias-decl-*