polymorphism on template parameters

From:
Renato Golin <rengolin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:46:12 +0100
Message-ID:
<48984b94$0$639$da29aeef@newsread.sanger.ac.uk>
Hi all,

I'm fiddling with policies but I'm having some problems...

My Code:

class MovePolicy { };
class EatPolicy { };
class ReproducePolicy { };

template <
     class Move = MovePolicy,
     class Eat = EatPolicy,
     class Reproduce = ReproducePolicy

class Thing : public Move, Eat, Reproduce
{
public:
     Thing() { }
     virtual ~Thing() { }
};

class NoMove : public MovePolicy { };
class NoEat : public EatPolicy { };
class NoReproduce : public ReproducePolicy { };

class Stone : public Thing <NoMove, NoEat, NoReproduce>
{
public:
     Stone() { }
     ~Stone() { }
};

int
main () {
     Thing<>* s = new Stone();
     return 0;
}

I get the error:

In function ???int main()??":
error: cannot convert ???Stone*??" to ???Thing<MovePolicy, EatPolicy,
ReproducePolicy>*??" in initialization

Any pointers (that doesn't start with 0x...) on the subject are appreciated.

cheers,
--renato

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