diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTemplateTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTemplateTest.java
index ac155265b06..6fea85a300c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTemplateTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core.tests/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/core/parser/tests/CompleteParseASTTemplateTest.java
@@ -923,4 +923,19 @@ public class CompleteParseASTTemplateTest extends CompleteParseBaseTest {
 		//we aren't going to be completely correct about references to explicit specializations
 		//due to limitations in the implementation, see bug 59811
 	}
+	
+	public void testBug64753() throws Exception{
+		Writer writer = new StringWriter();
+		writer.write( "template < class _T > void foo () {  \n" );
+		writer.write( "   if( 1 ) {                         \n" );
+		writer.write( "      _T p1, p2;                     \n" );
+		writer.write( "      int n = p1 - p2;               \n" );
+		writer.write( "   }                                 \n" );
+		writer.write( "}                                    \n" );
+		
+		Iterator i = parse( writer.toString() ).getDeclarations();
+		
+		IASTTemplateDeclaration foo = (IASTTemplateDeclaration) i.next();
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ast/complete/CompleteParseASTFactory.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ast/complete/CompleteParseASTFactory.java
index 1c9f8f23936..33d09c30ce0 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ast/complete/CompleteParseASTFactory.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/ast/complete/CompleteParseASTFactory.java
@@ -2561,6 +2561,9 @@ public class CompleteParseASTFactory extends BaseASTFactory implements IASTFacto
 		List references = new ArrayList(); 
 		IContainerSymbol ownerScope = scopeToSymbol( scope );		
 
+		if( name == null )
+			handleProblem( IProblem.SEMANTIC_NAME_NOT_PROVIDED, null, startingOffset, nameEndOffset, nameLine );
+		
 		if(name.getSegmentCount() > 1)
 		{
 			ISymbol symbol = lookupQualifiedName( ownerScope, 
@@ -3219,6 +3222,7 @@ public class CompleteParseASTFactory extends BaseASTFactory implements IASTFacto
 		
 		IContainerSymbol newScope = pst.newContainerSymbol(EMPTY_STRING, TypeInfo.t_block); 
 		newScope.setContainingSymbol(symbol);
+		newScope.setIsTemplateMember( symbol.isTemplateMember() );
 		
 		ASTCodeScope codeScope = new ASTCodeScope( newScope );
 		attachSymbolExtension( newScope, codeScope, true );
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ParserSymbolTable.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ParserSymbolTable.java
index 728a6b79a97..551ce042392 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ParserSymbolTable.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/parser/pst/ParserSymbolTable.java
@@ -1238,7 +1238,8 @@ public class ParserSymbolTable {
 	static private void releaseCosts( Cost [] costs ){
 		if( costs != null ) {
 			for( int i = 0; i < costs.length; i++ ){
-				costs[i].release();
+				if( costs[i] != null )
+					costs[i].release();
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -2485,12 +2486,13 @@ public class ParserSymbolTable {
 		}
 		
 		public static synchronized int numAllocated(){
-			int num = 0;
-			for( int i = 0; i < POOL_SIZE; i++ ){
-				if( !free[i] )
-					num++;
-			}
-			return num;
+//			int num = 0;
+//			for( int i = 0; i < POOL_SIZE; i++ ){
+//				if( !free[i] )
+//					num++;
+//			}
+//			return num;
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 }