Hi there, I'm working on an container class template (for int,bool,strings etc), and I've been stuck with this error

cont.h:56: error: expected initializer before '&' token

for this section

template <typename T>
const Container & Container<T>::operator=(const Container<T> & rightCont){

what exactly have I done wrong there?.

Also not sure what this warning message means.

cont.h:13: warning: friend declaration `bool operator==(const Container<T>&, const Container<T>&)' declares a non-template function
cont.h:13: warning: (if this is not what you intended, make sure the function template has already been declared and add <> after the function name here) -Wno-non-template-friend disables this warning

at this position

template <typename T>
class Container{
    friend bool operator==(const Container<T> &rhs,const Container<T> &lhs);
public: