I've this program

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iterator>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std ;

#if 0
namespace skg 
{
 template <class T>
  struct Triplet ;
}

template <class T>
ostream& operator<< (ostream& os, const skg::Triplet<T>& p_t) ;
#endif

namespace skg
{
 template <class T>
  struct Triplet
  {
 //  friend ostream& ::operator<< <> (ostream& os, const Triplet<T>& p_t) ;

   private:
   T x, y, z ;

   public:
   Triplet (const T& p_x, const T& p_y, const T& p_z)
    : x(p_x), y(p_y), z(p_z) { }
  } ;
}

template <class T>
ostream& operator<< (ostream& os, const skg::Triplet<T>& p_t)
{
 os << '(' << p_t.x << ',' << p_t.y << ',' << p_t.z << ')' ;
 return os ;
}

namespace {
 void printVector()
 {
  typedef skg::Triplet<int> IntTriplet ;

  vector< IntTriplet > vti ;
  vti.push_back (IntTriplet (1, 2, 3)) ;
  vti.push_back (IntTriplet (5, 5, 66)) ;

  copy (vti.begin(), vti.end(), ostream_iterator<IntTriplet> (cout, "\n")) ;
 }
}
int main (void)
{
 printVector() ;
}

Compilation fails because compiler could not find any output operator for skg::Triplet. But output operator does exist.

If I move Triplet from skg namespace to global namespace everything works fine. what is wrong here ?