Re: Inheriting type names from templatized bases - legal or not ?
* Jean-Louis Leroy:
Is the following code legal ?
Nope.
template<typename T>
struct base
{
typedef T type;
};
template<typename T>
struct derived : base<T>
{
derived(type x);
};
g++ 3.3.4 and Visual Studio 2005 accept it. OTOH I don't see how they
recognize "type" as a type name.
Comeau C/C++ 4.3.10.1 (Oct 6 2008 11:28:09) for ONLINE_EVALUATION_BETA2
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MODE:strict errors C++ C++0x_extensions
"ComeauTest.c", line 10: error: identifier "type" is undefined
derived(type x);
^
1 error detected in the compilation of "ComeauTest.c".
I would expect "typename
base<T>::type" to be required in "derived<T>".
Yep.
Except for one detail in the context of usage as a base class when deriving.
As I recall in that context instead of being required, 'typename' is forbidden.
Cheers & hth.,
- Alf
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