Re: Weird compile error in conjunction with templates & inheritance
Student <news@amitrader.com> wrote in news:idcqa2$19o$1
@speranza.aioe.org:
Why is the following code, which used to compile fine some years ago,
not compiling anymore? :-)
g++ test.cpp
test.cpp: In member function ???int D<T>::Size()???:
test.cpp:35: error: ???v??? was not declared in this scope
test.cpp:35: error: ???k??? was not declared in this scope
// test.cpp
template <typename T = int>
class B
{
public:
int v, k;
B(int Av, int Ak)
{
v = Av;
k = Ak;
}
virtual int Size() = 0;
//...
};
template <typename T = int>
class D : public B<T>
{
public:
D(int Av, int Ak) : B<T>(Av, Ak)
{
}
int Size()
{
return v * k;
The base class depends on the template argument and can be different in
different specializations, so the compiler cannot be sure what v and k
really represent. Clarify with:
return this->v * this->k;
hth
Paavo
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