Re: Weird compile error in conjunction with templates & inheritance

From:
Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Sat, 04 Dec 2010 02:40:34 -0600
Message-ID:
<Xns9E446C9A7CAFBmyfirstnameosapriee@216.196.109.131>
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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