Re: template-based function in non-main file

From:
=?UTF-8?B?RXJpayBXaWtzdHLDtm0=?= <Erik-wikstrom@telia.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:44:53 GMT
Message-ID:
<FovIj.5563$R_4.4465@newsb.telia.net>
On 2008-04-01 20:37, szczeles@gmail.com wrote:

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to write some code in c++ using templates. When I place
simple template-based function in one file, for example:

//----main.cpp-----
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

template <class T>
T add(T a, T b) {
  return a + b;
}

int main() {
  cout << 1.5f << " + " << -0.4f << " = " << add(1.5f, -0.4f) << endl;
  cout << 4 << " + " << 10 << " = " << add(4, 10) << endl;
}
//-----------------

everything works good, but if funcion add() is in another file, for
example in functions.cpp and its definition is in header file which I
include in main.cpp I can compile functions.cpp only, but `g++
main.cpp functions.cpp` results in error:

mario@laptok:~/cpptest$ g++ main.cpp functions.cpp
/tmp/ccW3MdFX.o: In function `main':
main.cpp:(.text+0x96): undefined reference to `float add<float>(float,
float)'
main.cpp:(.text+0x114): undefined reference to `int add<int>(int,
int)'

Is there any possibility to place template-based function in other
file?


http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/templates.html#faq-35.12

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