Re: enum names inside a templated class

From:
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:27:47 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 7, 3:09 pm, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:

Hicham Mouline wrote:

"Hicham Mouline" <hic...@mouline.org> wrote in message
news:4a7c1613$0$299$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...

template <int T>
struct C {
  typedef typename Traits<T>::E1 E1;
...
  static void f();
};

template<>
void C<t1>::f()
{
 // E1 is an enum { x1, x2... } in this case
// I wanted to use x1 x2 ... without scoping
 // 1. unqualified x1 fails
 // 2. E1::x1 is a non standard extension of msvc
 // C<t1>::x1 is too verbose
}

is there a simpler way?


effectively, I have 12 x enum names. Repeating C<t1>::x1
... C<t1>::x12 very tedious


I'm not sure of the context. With C, C::x12 should be
sufficient. And IIRC an explicit instantiation is considered
"inside" C.

Otherwise... Since you don't seem to mind E1::x1, a typedef for
C<t1>, or even Traits<t1>, should do the trick.

Can I use the "using" keyword?


What's stopping you from trying?


But he'd still have to have 12 using, one for each enum value.
The basic problem is that the enum values are dependent names,
and he needs some simple way of making the compiler realize
this.

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