--- a/dmd/expression.c	Wed Oct 22 15:35:46 2008 +0200
+++ b/dmd/expression.c	Wed Oct 22 17:06:17 2008 +0200
@@ -4634,7 +4634,8 @@
     printf("BinExp::semantic('%s')\n", toChars());
 #endif
     e1 = e1->semantic(sc);
-    if (!e1->type)
+    if (!e1->type &&
+	!(op == TOKassign && e1->op == TOKdottd))	// a.template = e2
     {
 	error("%s has no value", e1->toChars());
 	e1->type = Type::terror;
@@ -4645,7 +4646,6 @@
 	error("%s has no value", e2->toChars());
 	e2->type = Type::terror;
     }
-    assert(e1->type);
     return this;
 }
 
@@ -7351,6 +7351,14 @@
     }
 
     BinExp::semantic(sc);
+
+    if (e1->op == TOKdottd)
+    {	// Rewrite a.b=e2, when b is a template, as a.b(e2)
+	Expression *e = new CallExp(loc, e1, e2);
+	e = e->semantic(sc);
+	return e;
+    }
+
     e2 = resolveProperties(sc, e2);
     assert(e1->type);