Re: template overload resolution

From:

"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:49:28 -0400

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<f8o07m$i0t$1@news.datemas.de>

Hendrik Schober wrote:

hurcan solter <hsolter@gmail.com> wrote:

given the code snippet;

template<typename T>
void foo(T,T){}

template<typename T1,typename T2>
void foo(T1*,T2*){}

int main( ) {

foo((int*)0,(int*)0);

}

Could anyone please explain me why the second template is not more
viable for overload resolution?
[...]

From <http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout/>:

Comeau C/C++ 4.3.9 (Mar 27 2007 17:24:47) for ONLINE_EVALUATION_BETA1
Copyright 1988-2007 Comeau Computing. All rights reserved.
MODE:strict errors C++ C++0x_extensions

"ComeauTest.c", line 9: error: more than one instance of overloaded
function "foo"
           matches the argument list, the choices that match are:
             function template "void foo(T, T)"
             function template "void foo(T1 *, T2 *)"
             The argument types that you used are: (int *, int *)
       foo((int*)0,(int*)0);
       ^

1 error detected in the compilation of "ComeauTest.c".

Thanks in advance.

HTH,

Schobi

Could you perhaps enlighten us how this explains *why* the second
template is *not* more viable?

Thanks!

V
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