Re: Problems specifying a template declaration
Neil Steiner wrote:
I have an enum foo, and a template class bar that requires a foo as
its parameter:
enum foo {};
template <foo F> class bar {};
I then want to define another template class that takes a foo and a
bar<foo> or subclass as its parameters:
template <foo F, template <foo F> class bar B> class dummy {};
I know that's wrong because gcc tells me so: "Expected '>' before
'B'"
I can drop the B and just require a bar<F> as the second parameter,
but I really want the B argument because the parameter could be a
subclass of bar<F>, and I need to know its type.
The mistake is probably obvious to many of you. If you could
enlighten me, I would much appreciate it.
You can't specify that a template parameter must be a subclass of some
other class. In C++0x you will have concepts and type_traits to handle
that, but right now you can't specify the detailed requirements.
I guess your best choice is to drop the 'bar' and accept any type B
that takes a foo template parameter. If it is really important,
perhaps you can use a dynamic_cast as a runtime check for the correct
type?
Bo Persson
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