Re: Partial template class specialization?
Victor Bazarov wrote:
On 3/29/2011 1:18 PM, MikeWhy wrote:
I want to override a template class method on a formal parameter. Is
this possible without redefining everything else in the class? The
alternative is a "conditional is constant" warning. For example, call
Reset() only when AutoReset is true:
template <bool AutoReset, class T>
class TimerNode {
...
void OnTimer();
void DoCall();
};
//----------------------
template <class T>
void TimerNode<true, T>::OnTimer()
{
Reset();
DoCall();
}
//----------------------
template <class T>
void TimerNode<false, T>::OnTimer()
{ DoCall();
}
Why do you think you need this dance? Is "Reset" name not available
when 'TimerNode' is instantiated with 'AutoReset==false'? If it is
available all the time, just do
template<bool AR, class T> void TimerNode<AR,T>::OnTimer()
{
if (AR) Reset();
DoCall();
}
IOW, why create a problem for yourself where there isn't one?
The compiler should optimize away the conditional for this simple case, of
course. But it isn't difficult to imagine it useful for something other than
a boolean. Specializing on just one or a few typename Foo rather than the
bool here would be the use case. I'll be darned if I can contrive an example
this moment, though.
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