Re: Template and Namespace Ambiguity Issue
In article <1182280502.820852.202290@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
<bogus1one@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi All
Given the following:
// NamespaceTemplate.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console
application.
//
#include "stdafx.h"
namespace N1
{
class C1
{
};
class C2
{
};
}
namespace N2
{
class C1
{
};
class C2
{
};
}
template <typename T>
void k(T x)
{
C1 theProblem; // Ambiguous!! How to create the correct object???
// ...
}
using namespace N1;
using namespace N2;
int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
N1::C2 b;
k(b); // Invoke Template function
N2::C2 d;
k(d); // Invoke Template function
return 0;
}
What is the best way (that is, the most common way) to resolve the
issue above? I get an ambiguous symbol error when compiling, which
does make sense. I'm looking for a way to resolve this without
resorting to passing in enumerated types representing objects or
something like that.
Thanks.
The obvious is template <class U,class T>
void k(T x)
{
U theproblem;
` // etc.
}
int main()
{
// ...
k<N1::C1>(b);
// ...
k<N2::C1>(b);
}
or you can create a meta function that calculates the type of the
problem from the argument type:
template <class T> struct problem;
template <> struct problem<N1::C2> {typedef N1::C1 type;};
template <> struct problem<N2::C2> {typedef N2::C1 type;};
template <class T>
void k(T x)
{
problem<T>::type theProblem;
// as original without the C1 theProblem declaration.
}
original main code
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