Re: Newbie question about templates
On Jan 25, 5:33 pm, Chris <cnatha...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
It have a simple question about templates. I am using the OpenWatcom
compiler. Here is some test code
#include <vector>
using namespace std;
int testInt(vector<int>& x1)
{
return x1[0];
};
extraneous semicolon, the above is a function definition
template<typename T>
T testTemplate(vector<T>& x1)
{
T y = x1[0];
return y;
return x1[0];
};
no semicolon
The compiler complains about the function "testTemplate": non-type
parameter supplied for a type argument.
I am not seeing the problem. I appreciate any help in this matter.
Thanks
Chris
Templated functions don't exist until a version of the template is
instantiated or generated.
So until you supply how you are using the above template, we can't
really offer much help.
This works:
int main()
{
std::vector<int> v(10, 9);
std::cout << testTemplate(v) << std::endl;
}
/*
9
*/
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