Seemingly simple problem I'm having...

[PlacidPlatypus]

I'm writing a program for my computer science lab, and the professor provided us with the header file that we were to write the source file for. However, when I try to compile it, I get an error on this line:

template <typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const tree_t<T>&);

The error says, "expected constructor, destructor, or type conversion before '&' token" and "expected ';' before '&' token."

This is at the top of the code. Anyone know what it is wrong here? I figured the code given to me by the professor would compile fine, but...

Thanks to any assistance you can give me.

[ne555]

¿ Is this your scenario http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/templates.html#faq-35.16 ?

[buffbill]

we can't do much without the code.