Re: Define pointer to member as a template

From:
ds <junkmailavoid@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:20:36 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:
<7022eb80-6996-476d-b6b4-7a94106ec4c6@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>
On Apr 16, 1:07 pm, Michael DOUBEZ <michael.dou...@free.fr> wrote:

ds a =E9crit :

On Apr 16, 12:38 pm, Michael DOUBEZ <michael.dou...@free.fr> wrote:

ds a =E9crit :

though the typedef compiles, the specialization of the map fails.

You have to indicate that Tp::ptr is a type.

[snip]

thanks for the reply. You would be correct if I did not actually
define the type!

[snip]

template<class Tp> class themap
{
public:
    static std::map<std::string, typename Tp::ptr> smap;
};
template<class Tp>
std::map<std::string,typename Tp::ptr> themap<Tp>::smap;


Yes, typename should be used in themap<> also.

class test : public themap<test>
{
public:
    int a;
    int b;
    typedef int test::*ptr;
};

I get 'ptr' : is not a member of 'test'... plus that the point is to
have the typedef in the template.


Yes, you cannot use Tp:: in themap. Only in functions otherwise you have
a circularity in the definition: themap<test>::ptr must be defined to
define test and test must be defined to define themap<test>::ptr.

The CRTP works only with functions.

Michael


Hi again Michael and thanks a lot for the clarifications. Though I
risk to become overly stubborn and besides the fact that I somehow get
the feeling that this cannot be done, I am not sure if this is
actually a conceptual error or a language limitation like template
typedefs. My original template should instantiate to

template<test> class themap
{
public:

    typedef int test::*ptr;
    static std::map<std::string, test::ptr> smap;
};

However the typedef provides only an alias to the real name and does
not define a new type as I would like and I think that this is rather
the problem. Anyway, thanks for the feedback!

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