Re: template copy constructor vs normal copy constructor

From:

James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:14:10 -0700 (PDT)

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On Oct 9, 9:01 pm, "Johannes Schaub (litb)" <schaub-johan...@web.de>
wrote:

James Kanze wrote:

On Oct 9, 5:46 pm, "Johannes Schaub (litb)" <schaub-johan...@web.de>
wrote:

Johannes Schaub (litb) wrote:

[...]

I just see that I miss some very important insight
throughout the whole discussion. The following *is* valid
C++03:

struct A {
template<typename T>
A(A const&);
};

So, if "A non-template" would be missing, then this would
inhibit the implicitly declared copy constructor too, and the
following will be ill- formed:

A a;
A b = a; // no matching constructor!

Why would that be ill formed? There is a matching constructor.
Consider, for example:

    struct A { template<typename T> A(A&); };

    A const a;
    A b(a);

If the template were considered a copy constructor, this would
be ill formed (since there would be no matching constructor).
But there would be no problem with your example, since an
instantiation of the template would be used to copy.

Yes, and I'm now ignoring your posts, since you are obviously
not interested in a real discussion.

In other words, you have no arguments, but rather than admit you
were wrong, you'll go off in a corner and pout.

So be it.

--
James Kanze

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