problem with template disambiguation with MSVS2005

tclarke (1)
The following code:
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#include <vector>
#include <string>
using namespace std;

template<typename T>
class A
{
public:
   string getType() const
   {
      return "A";
   }
protected:
   T mValue;
};

template<typename T>
class B : public A<vector<T> >
{
public:
   bool operator==(const B &rhs) const
   {
      if(getType() == rhs.getType())         // LINE A
      {
         return mValue == rhs.mValue;        // LINE B
      }
      return false;
   }
};

int main()
{
   B<int> foo;
   B<int> bar;
   return foo == bar;
}


will not compile on with a recent (4.x) gcc due to lack of disambiguation on lines A and B. Changing them to
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      if(this->template getType() == rhs.getType())
         return this->template mValue == rhs.mValue;


fixes the problem on gcc. However, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (unmanaged C++) complains:

error C2059: syntax error : 'template'
...


Does the MS compiler not allow this use of template? I'd like to avoid converting the this->template to a macro and #defining to do the correct thing on the different platforms but I don't see another way.
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