Source Code
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/* Template based variant */

template <class T> class foo {
private:
  int (T::*m)(void *,void *);
public:
  foo(int (T::*method)(void *, void *));
};


template <class T> foo<T>::foo(int (T::*method)(void *,void *))
{
   m=method;
};

class bar {
public:
    int x(void *a, void *b) { return 0;} ;
};

int main() {
#ifdef REF
   foo<bar> f(&(bar::x));
#else
   foo<bar> f(bar::x);
#endif
}

/* Non Template variant */

class bar {
public:
	int x(void *a, void *b) { return 0; };
};

class foo {
private:
  int (bar::*m)(void *,void *);
public:
  foo(int (bar::*method)(void *, void *));
};


foo::foo(int (bar::*method)(void *,void *))
{
   m=method;
}

int main() {
#ifdef REF
   foo f(&(bar::x));
#else
   foo f(bar::x);
#endif
}



Results
=======

X denotes that the compiler compiles the source code successfully


                template              non-template
             noref     ref          noref       ref
DEC C++                                          X
vc++ 4.2       X        X             X          X
vc++ 5.0                              X          X
SGI CC         X        X             X          X
g++ (1)        X        X             X          X
g++ (2)                 X                        X
g++ (3)        X        X             X          X
g++ (4)        X        X             X          X
g++ (5)        X        X             X          X
g++ (6)        X        X             X          X
Sun C++ 3      X        X             X          X
Sun C++ 4.1    X        X             X          X
Sun C++ (acm)  X        X             X          X
 


DEC C++ is DEC C++ V5.5-004 on Digital Unix 3.2 (Alpha)
    cxx [-DREF] 

g++ (1) is gcc version 2.7.2 on Digital Unix 3.2 (Alpha)
    g++ [-DREF] 

g++ (2) is gcc version cygnus-2.7.2-961023 on NT Server 4.0 (Intel)
    g++ [-DREF]

g++ (3) is gcc version 2.7.2 on SunOS 5.5 (Solaris)
    g++ [-DREF]

g++ (4) is gcc version 2.7.2 on SunOS 4.1.4
    g++ [-DREF]

g++ (5) is gcc version 2.7.0 on Linux 2.0.21 (Intel)
    g++ [-DREF]

g++ (6) is gcc version 2.7.2 on Irix 5.3 (SGI)
    g++ [-DREF]

vc++ 4.2 is MS Visual C++ 4.2 (compiler version 10.20.6166 for 80x86)
    cl /Tp [/DREF] 

vc++ 5.0 is MS Visual C++ 5.0 (compiler version 11.00.7022 for 80x86)
    cl /Tp [/DREF] 

SGI CC is
    CC [-DREF]

Sun C++ 3 is version 3.0.1 on Solaris
    CC -V [-DREF]

Sun C++ 4.1 is version 4.1 on Solaris
    CC -V [-DREF]

Sun C++ 4.1.