C++ grammar isn't LL, it's LR (to a first approximation). IOW, you can't
simply go left-to-right chomping off one (or N, for some _fixed_ N) and
figure out where you are. You need more context than that.

On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, 09:57 Eric Suen via Std-Discussion <
std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> The following code, how do parser know that V is template and B is not?
>
> struct A {
> int a = V<1>();
> bool b = B < 0;
>
> void print() {
> std::cout << a;
> }
>
> template<int v>
> static int V() {
> return v;
> }
>
> static int B;
> };
>
> int A::B = 1;
>
> int main() {
> A a;
> a.print();
> }
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