Re: Type visibility
"David C?me" <davidcome@wanadoo.fr> skrev i en meddelelse
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On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:32:28 +0200, saneman <asdff@asd.com> wrote:
I have made two modules:
1) main.cpp
Contains a main function and struct P.
Includes head.h and std::vector
#include "head.h"
#include<vector>
#include<iostream>
struct P {
int x;
int y;
};
int main() {
typedef std::vector<P> container;
container v;
P p;
p.x = 22;
p.y = 33;
v.push_back(p);
A<container> a(v);
int res = a.getValue();
std::cout << res << std::endl;
return 0;
}
2) head.h
A header file that contains the class A.
template <typename T >
class A {
public:
T t;
A(T t_){
t = t_;
}
int getValue() {
int res = (*t.begin()).x;
return res;
}
};
In class A getValue() returns the x field of the struct defined in
main.cpp.
But how does class A know about the type 'P' which is only created in
main?
A doesn't know P. He knows just T must have a public member named x.
Replace typedef std::vector<P> container; by
typedef std::list<Q> container; with struct Q {int x;} and it will works
fine.
But if the struct contains more fields the only way to make it work is using
templates right?
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