Re: Please help, how do I fix error C4346 with the code here...

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:51:25 -0500
Message-ID:
<eMQjHSgYKHA.2172@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
Triple-DES wrote:

In some instances, Comeau (online) is more lenient with typename than
the Standard. Example:
 
template <typename T>
struct A
{
   struct B { };
   B b1_; // ok
   A::B b2_; // ill-formed, 'typename' required
 
};
 
Comeau online compiles this without a diagnostic.


typename keyword is not required here. There's an example in 14.6 that =
shows this exact situation, and no typename keyword:

14.6p2 A name used in a template declaration or definition and that is =
dependent on a template-parameter is assumed not to name a type *unless =
the applicable name lookup finds a type name* [emphasis mine] or the =
name is qualified by the keyword typename. [Example:
// no B declared here
class X;
template<class T> class Y {
  class Z; // forward declaration of member class
  void f() {
    X* a1; // declare pointer to X
    T* a2; // declare pointer to T
    Y* a3; // declare pointer to Y<T>

    // ****** This is the part similar to your example.
    Z* a4; // declare pointer to Z

    typedef typename T::A TA;
    TA* a5; // declare pointer to T's A
    typename T::A* a6; // declare pointer to T's A
    T::A* a7; // T::A is not a type name:
              // multiply T::A by a7; ill-formed,
                                          // no visible declaration of =
a7
    B* a8; // B is not a type name:
                                 // multiply B by a8; ill-formed,
                                  // no visible declarations of B and a8
  }
};
-end example]

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