Re: how to achieve parametrized using?

From:
"Greg Herlihy" <greghe@pacbell.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:33:32 CST
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<1170668514.878645.14740@q2g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 5, 12:01 am, Bjorn Fahller <b_n...@fahller.se> wrote:

I have a templated private base class, which in some specializations have
member functions that I want to be visible. Like this:

   template <bool b>
   class base
   {
   protected:
     void func() { /* something */ }
   };

   template <>
   class base<false>
   {
   };

   template <bool b>
   class derived : private base<b>
   {
   public:
     using base<b>::func; // ******
   };

Of course the asterisk marked line fails for instantiations of
derived<false>.

Another solution is to specialize derived as well, but there are a few
specializations too many with several privately inherited bases to make
that solution feel good, although at is a possible way.

Any other ways?


Sure, just implement func() in derived like so:

     template <bool b>
     class derived : private base<b>
     {
     public:
         void func()
         {
             base<b>::func();
         }
     };

     derived<false> d; // OK

With a member function replacing the using declaration, derived<false>
can now be instantiated without an error. Of course, attempting to
call derived<false>::func() would cause an error, but I gather that
such an error would be "by design".

Greg

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