Re: Static Member Function Template Specialization
On 2007-10-14 20:16, Lance Diduck wrote:
On Oct 14, 12:38 pm, mike b <michaeljber...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello everyone, thanks in advance for your help. I'm new to C++
templates and have run into some issues using member function
templates. I have a shared library containing templates that I'm
trying to use from an executable, compile using gcc 4.1.2. Everything
works fine until I try specializing one of the static member function
templates in a non-template class. I have a feeling I'm messing up
something obvious so before I post a bunch of code does the following
look correct? Thanks.
--- Shared Library (Arrays.h) ---
namespace example {
class Arrays {
public:
template<class T> static int compareItems(T *a1, T *a2, int length);
protected:
Arrays() {};
};
template<class T> int Arrays::compareItems(T *a1, T *a2, int length) {
printf("Calling generic function.\n");
return 1;
}
template<> int Arrays::compareItems<char>(char *a1, char *a2, int
length) {
printf("Calling char specialization.\n");
return 0;
}
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Your specialization should be inside the example:Arrays class, not
outside it.
namespace example {
class Arrays {
public:
template<class T> static int compareItems(T *a1, T *a2, int
length);
static int compareItems(char*a1, char *a2, int
length);
};
Actually, what you are suggesting is not a specialisation, but declaring
a non-parametrised function taking care of the special case. Which, to
my knowledge, will work just as well but there are probably some subtle
details that make specialised parametrised functions different from
normal functions.
--
Erik Wikstr??m
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was first established on earth.
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