Re: visual c++ 8 (.net 2005) has unresolved external symbol errors

     static solver *encode(u8 *arr) {
            solver *a = new solver();
            pos_t i;
            for (i = 0; i < width_sq; ++i) {
                /* MAKE SURE that the number is between 1 and 9, inclusive so that
the
                 * solver does NOT mask 0 because that would break function isOK()
and
                 * hence prevent the solver from reaching a solution.
                 */
                if (width < 10) {
                    if (arr[i] >= 1 && arr[i] <= width)
                        a->set(i, arr[i]);
                } else {
                    if (arr[i] >= 0 && arr[i] < width)
                        a->set(i + 1, arr[i]);
                }
            }
            return a;
    }
    solver<cell_t, pos_t, width, width_rt, width_sq, val_mask, zb_len>::
};