Re: Embarrassing problem with vector

From:
"Alf P. Steinbach" <alfps@start.no>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:18:41 +0200
Message-ID:
<h8ctkj$g41$1@news.eternal-september.org>
* T_P:

I am teaching myself C++ and I am reading Lippman's book "Essential C+
+." I wrote a simple program that uses vectors. Here it is (the line
numbers are there for convenience, duh), I disclaim all copyright.
 1 #include <iostream>
 2 #include <vector>
 3
 4 using namespace std;
 5
 6 template<typename T>
 7 void PrintVector(const vector<T> &vec)
 8 {
 9 vector<T>::const_iterator cur = vec.begin();
10 while (cur != vec.end()) {
11 cout << *cur << ", ";
12 ++cur;
13 }
14 cout << endl;
15 }
16
17 int main()
18 {
19 vector<int> vec;
20 for (int i = 0; i < 32; ++i) {
21 vec.push_back(i);
22 }
23 PrintVector(vec);
24 }

My compiler refuses to compile it, saying
vectest.cc: In function ?void PrintVector(const std::vector<T,
std::allocator<_CharT> >&)?:
vectest.cc:9: error: expected `;' before ?cur?
vectest.cc:10: error: ?cur? was not declared in this scope
vectest.cc: In function ?void PrintVector(const std::vector<T,
std::allocator<_CharT> >&) [with T = int]?:
vectest.cc:23: instantiated from here
vectest.cc:9: error: dependent-name ?std::vector::const_iterator? is
parsed as a non-type, but instantiation yields a type
vectest.cc:9: note: say ?typename std::vector::const_iterator? if a
type is meant

I thought I did everything by the book, but seems so I didn't. :-/
What is the problem with this code? I pretty sure the problem lies on
the line 9...


You're missing a 'typename', and I believe that's in the FAQ.

Please post the FAQ reference when/if you find it.

By the way, the line numbers are *not* a convenience. They introduce more work
for anyone wanting to compile your code. Please don't add line numbers in posted
code.

Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

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