Re: aliasing a class
On 14 Maj, 15:33, Zeppe <zeppe@.remove.all.this.long.comment.email.it>
wrote:
Pete Becker wrote:
toton wrote:
Is it possible to alias a class with a different name ?
something like
typedef template<class T>std::vector<T> index_type<T> ;
So that then I can write,
index_type<std::size_t> index_t;
The main aim is that, at present I am using index_type same as
std::vector , but later I want to switch to a more specific class.
Please note that std::vector is not a class. It's a template. Classes
and templates are rather different things.
To be accurate, it's a template class. Template and template classes are
rather different things, too. Anyway, you are right, but the typedef of
a template class is quite a natural request, and it's disappointing that
this functionality is not provided.
I hope in the next standard it will be included.
It's already in the working paper, so if you can just till 2009~2010
you'll be fine :-)
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