Re: Create Generic Class with String?

From:
"Leigh Johnston" <leigh@i42.co.uk>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:03:40 +0100
Message-ID:
<zJCdnS89R6AE4V7WnZ2dnUVZ8vidnZ2d@giganews.com>
"Immortal Nephi" <Immortal_Nephi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1909fd52-a5df-4ef9-9db5-a04970e1d081@g30g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...

I create generic class. The type T is to be std::string or
std::wstring. I declare t variable to static const because I do not
want to modify string. C++ Compiler complies without errors.
If you add std::cout to the main function body, then C++ Compiler
will fail to compile and the error message says

c:\my projects\colors\colors\main.cpp(1438) : error C2373: 't' :
redefinition; different type modifiers
       c:\my projects\colors\colors\main.cpp(1434) : see declaration
of 't'
       c:\my projects\colors\colors\main.cpp(1438) : while compiling
class template static data member 'const std::string Foo<T>::t'
       with
       [
           T=std::string
       ]
       c:\my projects\colors\colors\main.cpp(1444) : see reference to
class template instantiation 'Foo<T>' being compiled
       with
       [
           T=std::string
       ]

template< typename T >
class Foo
{
public:
Foo<T>() {}
~Foo<T>() {}

static const T t;
};

template< typename T >
T Foo<T>::t = "Hello World!\n";

int main()
{
Foo<std::string> f;
std::cout << f.t;

return 0;
}

What happen if I declare std::wstring instead of std::string? C++
Compiler will fail to compile because ?L? is not added before string
?Hello World!\n?.
I do not want to create two separate classes. One is for string and
another one is for wstring. I add preprocessor condition.

#if !defined( UNICODE )
template< typename T >
std::string Foo<T>::Text = "Hello World!\n";
#else
template< typename T >
std::wstring Foo<T>::wText = L"Hello World!\n";
#endif

Do you have the solution?


template< typename T >
const T Foo<T>::t = "Hello World!\n";

template<>
const std::wstring Foo<std::wstring>::t = L"Hello World!\n";

notice the const which you missed out.

/Leigh

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