Re: template class specialization trouble

From:
Thomas Maeder <maeder@glue.ch>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++.moderated
Date:
Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:26:01 CST
Message-ID:
<m2iqytmzlv.fsf@glue.ch>
Road Dog <noone@nowhere.com> writes:

template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
class D
{
};

template <typename A, typename C>
class D<A, void, C>
{
};

template <typename A, typename B, void (A::*MF)(B)>
class D
{
};

template <typename A, void (A::*MF)()>
class D<A, void, MF>
class D
{
};

produces:

test4.cc:17: error: invalid parameter type 'void'
test4.cc:12: error: in declaration 'template<class T, class W, void
(T::* MF)(W)> struct Whatever'
test4.cc:17: error: '<type error>' is not a valid type for a template
constant parameter


[It's always a bit irritating if people don't post the code that they
have tested. The code you posted contains an obvious typo, and the
parameters on (what the gcc error messages call) line 12 don't match
the code.]

Try this:

template <typename A, typename B>
class D<A, B, void (A::*)(B)>
{
};

template <typename A>
class D<A, void, void (A::*)()>
{
};

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