Re: Policies and templates
John wrote:
Victor Bazarov wrote:
John wrote:
I've been reading Alexandrescu's "Modern C++ Design" and am
trying to implement some small examples to test policies and
templates. I can't seem to get the following code to compile
template
<
class T,
template <class> class BoundsPolicy
class X : public BoundsPolicy<X>
{
int i;
};
g++ gives the following error
Vector.hpp:40: error: type/value mismatch at argument 1 in
template parameter list for 'template<class> class BoundsPolicy'
Vector.hpp:40: error: expected a type, got 'X'
I guess the problem is related to having the class X as the
template parameter for BoundsPolicy even though X is derived from
BoundsPolicy. However this is similar the code listed for the
SmartPtr example on page 13, section 1.9.
Sorry, don't have the book handy. Compare the codes and figure
out what is dissimilar, then fix it.
What am I doing wrong?
You're declaring that 'BoundsPolicy' is a template that takes a
*class* as its template argument, but supplying it with a template
instead ('X' is a template, not a class).
V
The example class in the book is
template
<
class T,
template <class> class CheckingPolicy,
template <class> class ThreadingModel,
class SmartPtr :
public CheckingPolicy<T>,
public ThreadingModel<SmartPtr>
{
...
};
My code is similar to the ThreadingModel<SmartPtr> portion.
Unlikely as it seems, I believe Andrei is wrong here. It just doesn't
work.
To his defence, older compilers seem to accept the code, but newer
ones have improved:
Comeau C/C++ 4.3.3 (Oct 25 2003 12:02:26) for MS_WINDOWS_x86
Copyright 1988-2003 Comeau Computing. All rights reserved.
MODE:strict errors C++
"X:\reference\quick_test.cpp", line 9: error: argument list for class
template
"SmartPtr" is missing
public ThreadingModel<SmartPtr>
^
1 error detected in the compilation of "X:\reference\quick_test.cpp".
Bo Persson
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