Re: access to members of template base class

From:
"Victor Bazarov" <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:05:02 -0500
Message-ID:
<fgqhde$uj1$1@news.datemas.de>
John Femiani wrote:

I have come across a problem using g++. The example below illustrates
the issue:

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#include <iostream>

template<class T>
struct A {
   int member;
};;

template<class T>
struct B: A<T> {
    void somefunc() {
        std::cout << member << std::endl;
    }
};

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The code above compiles with vc8 but not g++ 3.4.2.
g++ complains that there is no symbol named 'member'..
If A and B are not a template classes then there is no problem.

Is there a bug in g++? or vc8? What is the proper behavior here?

Note that if I use this->member it compiles with g++ for some reason.


Search the FAQ (and the archives) for "dependent name". You can
answer your own question if you do some reading first.

V
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