Re: Template Bug?
Re: Template Bug?
- Subject: Re: Template Bug?
- From: "Willy P" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:44:29 -0700
Thanks guys, that worked...
On 8/24/07, David Rowland <email@hidden> wrote:
> Willy P wrote:
> > Not certain that this is the right list to be posting this problem but
> > here goes:
> >
> > template< class T >
> > void createCompilerError()
> > {
> > T::iterator pos;
> > }
> >
> >
> > gives me this error:
> > error: expected `;' before 'pos'
> >
> > I thought that was legal C++ and I have word that it works on MSVC-2005.
> >
> >
>
> This is a somewhat arcane point. "iterator" is a qualified name,
> dependent on the meaning of T. Since the compiler cannot know the
> structure of T on first encountering this code, it insists that
> typenames be called such, using the keyword "typename". You must write
> it as,
>
> template< class T >
> void createCompilerError()
> {
> typename T::iterator pos;
> }
>
>
>
>
>
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