Re: Function pointer as template argument - does not work for function
template
On 21.12.2011 23:31, Victor Bazarov wrote:
//compiles on GCC, but fails on MSVC2008, with error messge:
//templateFuncAndClassArgValidity.cpp(27) : error C2975: 'Func' :
invalid template argument for //'TestFunc', expected compile-time
constant expression
// templateFuncAndClassArgValidity.cpp(13) : see declaration of
'Func'
TestFunc<int(char),&func>();
}
Most likely it's a bug in VC2008 (still exists in VC2010). A pointer to
a function is allowed to be used as a non-type template argument if the
function has external linkage (as your 'func' apparently does). See
[temp.arg.nontype]/1, third bullet.
I remember a similar bug in VS2003. AFAIR you can't use any linker
symbols as template arguments. I had a smart pointer class, that used a
singleton in case a NULL value is dereferenced. The singleton is passed
as template argument.
There was a work-around, maybe it helps here too. Define a constant that
is inilialized to your function pointer and use this one as template
argument.
Marcel
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