Re: typedef for template

From:
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Daniel_Kr=FCgler?= <daniel.kruegler@googlemail.com>
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Date:
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 06:34:08 CST
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Am 25.07.2011 23:57, schrieb Venkat S:

Hi,
  I've searched and not found any reference for this, so I thought
it's ok to post.

template<typename T> class Foo { ... };

template<typename X> class Bar {

   typedef Foo<X> Foo; // is this a legal c++ construct?

   Foo fooObj;

};

Thanks
Venkat
PS: Had gone through s14 (Working Draft, 2011-02-28 N3242==11-0012),
but couldn't locate any formal description.


It seems to me that this example should be covered by 3.3.7
[basic.scope.class] p1 and should be ill-formed because the name 'Foo'
does not refer to exactly the same declaration. The most specific
standardeze seems to be that of bullet (2):

"A name N used in a class S shall refer to the same declaration in its
context and when re-evaluated in the completed scope of S. No diagnostic
is required for a violation of this rule."

One comparable example is this one:

typedef int I;

class D {
   typedef I I; // error, even though no reordering involved
};

HTH & Greetings from Bremen,

Daniel Kr?gler

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