Re: class template function specialization error
seaswar wrote:
I am trying to specialize the default constructor and a static member
function in my template class but get an error (distilled code is
below). I tried prefixing the call to f() in the constructor
initialization with C<int>:: but get same error.
Please help
Thanks
Suresh
x.h:
template<typename T>
class C {
public:
C();
static int f();
private:
int m;
};
x.cpp:
#include "x.h"
template<>
C<int>::C() : m(f()) { }
template<>
int C<int>::f() { return 0; }
The specialized constructor calls (and thereby instantiates) the static
method C<int>::f before the specialization for f appears. The solution
is to specialize f() first:
template<>
int C<int>::f() { return 0; }
template<>
C<int>::C() : m(f()) { }
These specializations should also be placed in the header file with the
rest of the class template declaration in order to ensure that C<int>
is consistently specialized.
Greg
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