Re: Template partial specialization
On 17 Mrz., 10:02, Misiu <misi...@onet.eu> wrote:
template <typename T>
struct test
{ static const bool value = false; };
template <typename T>
// For vector itself is OK
struct test<std::vector<T> >
//but not for its iterator: expected a type, got =91std::vector::iterator=
'
struct test<std::vector<T>::iterator >
{ static const bool value = true; };
Think about it. How can the compiler check whether your type
parameter matches std::vector<T>::iterator for some unknown T? In
case of std::vector this may seem trivial but std::vector is an
ordinary class template which could have looked like this:
template <typename T>
class vector { typedef int iterator; };
If you then explicitly instantiate a class via
template test<int>;
what kind of class should be instantiated? In this case
int==vector<T>::iterator for ALL possible types T. The problem here
is deducing T or in other words inverting the meta function that maps
type T -> type std::vector<T>::iterator. Also, this wouldn't be
really a specialization since std::vector<T>::iterator could be
basically anything you want it to be via specialization of
std::vector.
Cheers!
SG
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