Re: msvc++ 2005 template question

From:
olli <ob@[removethis]numeris.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:12:30 +0200
Message-ID:
<#ELVait8GHA.3552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
here it comes:

25
26 #ifndef _eoPopulator_H
27 #define _eoPopulator_H
28
29 #include <eoPop.h>
30 #include <eoSelectOne.h>
31
32 /** eoPopulator is a helper class for general operators eoGenOp
33 It is an eoPop but also behaves like an eoPop::iterator
34 as far as operator* and operator++ are concerned
35
36 See eoGenOp and eoOpContainer
37 */
38 template <class EOT>
39 class eoPopulator
40 {
41 public :
42
43 eoPopulator(const eoPop<EOT>& _src, eoPop<EOT>& _dest) :
dest(_dest), current(dest.end()), src(_src)
44 {
45 dest.reserve(src.size()); // we don't know this, but wth.
46 current = dest.end();
47 }
48
49 /** @brief Virtual Constructor */
50 virtual ~eoPopulator() {};
51
52 struct OutOfIndividuals {};
53
54 /** a populator behaves like an iterator. Hence the operator*
55 * it returns the current individual -- eventually getting
56 * a new one through the operator++ if at the end
57 */
58 EOT& operator*(void)
59 {
60 if (current == dest.end())
61 get_next(); // get a new individual
62
63 return *current;
64 }
65
66 /** only prefix increment defined
67 Does not add a new element when at the end, use operator* for that
68 If not on the end, increment the pointer to the next individual
69 */
70 eoPopulator& operator++()
71 {
72 if (current == dest.end())
73 { // keep the pointer there
74 return *this;
75 }
76 // else
77 ++current;
78 return *this;
79 }
80
81 /** mandatory for operators that generate more offspring than parents
82 * if such a thing exists ?
83 */
84 void insert(const EOT& _eo)
85 { /* not really efficient, but its nice to have */
86 current = dest.insert(current, _eo);
87 }
88
89 /** just to make memory mangement more efficient
90 */
91 void reserve(int how_many)
92 {
93 size_t sz = current - dest.begin();
94 if (dest.capacity() < dest.size() + how_many)
95 {
96 dest.reserve(dest.size() + how_many);
97 }
98
99 current = dest.begin() + sz;
100 }
101
102 /** can be useful for operators with embedded selectors
103 * e.g. your brain and my beauty -type
104 */
105 const eoPop<EOT>& source(void) { return src; }
106
107 /** Get the offspring population.
108 Can be useful when you want to do some online niching kind of
thing
109 */
110 eoPop<EOT>& offspring(void) { return dest; }
111
112 typedef unsigned position_type;
113
114 /** this is a direct access container: tell position */
115 position_type tellp() { return current - dest.begin(); }
116 /** this is a direct access container: go to position */
117 void seekp(position_type pos) { current = dest.begin() + pos; }
118 /** no more individuals */
119 bool exhausted(void) { return current == dest.end(); }
120
121 /** the pure virtual selection method - will be instanciated in
122 * eoSeqPopulator and eoSelectivePopulator
123 */
124 virtual const EOT& select() = 0;
125
126 protected:
127 eoPop<EOT>& dest;
128 typename eoPop<EOT>::iterator current;
129 const eoPop<EOT>& src;
130
131 private:
132
133 void get_next() {
134 if(current == dest.end())
135 { // get new individual from derived class select()
136 dest.push_back(select());
137 current = dest.end();
138 --current;
139 return;
140 }
141 // else
142 ++current;
143 return;
144 }
145
146 };
147
148
149 /** SeqPopulator: an eoPopulator that sequentially goes through the
150 population is supposed to be used after a batch select of a whole
151 bunch or genitors
152 */
153 template <class EOT>
154 class eoSeqPopulator : public eoPopulator<EOT>
155 {
156 public:
157
158 using eoPopulator< EOT >::src;
159
160 eoSeqPopulator(const eoPop<EOT>& _pop, eoPop<EOT>& _dest) :
161 eoPopulator<EOT>(_pop, _dest), current(0) {}
162
163 /** the select method simply returns next individual in the src
pop */
164 const EOT& select(void) {
165 if(current >= eoPopulator< EOT >::src.size()) {
166 throw OutOfIndividuals();
167 }
168
169 const EOT& res = src[current++];
170 return res;
171 }
172
173
174 private:
175
176 struct OutOfIndividuals {};
177
178 unsigned current;
179 };
180
181
182 /** SelectivePopulator an eoPoplator that uses an eoSelectOne to
select guys.
183 Supposedly, it is passed the initial population.
184 */
185 template <class EOT>
186 class eoSelectivePopulator : public eoPopulator<EOT>
187 {
188 public :
189
190 using eoPopulator< EOT >::src;
191
192 eoSelectivePopulator(const eoPop<EOT>& _pop, eoPop<EOT>& _dest,
eoSelectOne<EOT>& _sel)
193 : eoPopulator<EOT>(_pop, _dest), sel(_sel)
194 { sel.setup(_pop); };
195
196 /** the select method actually selects one guy from the src pop */
197 const EOT& select() {
198 return sel(src);
199 }
200
201
202 private:
203
204 eoSelectOne<EOT>& sel;
205 };
206
207 #endif
208
209

Ben Voigt schrieb:

"olli" <ob@[removethis]numeris.de> wrote in message
news:OfIa3xs8GHA.3760@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

thanks for your reply, carl. I've done a search trough the whole
solution and EOT::Fitness always appears with typename EOT::Fitness...

the compiler complains exactly about the lines which I have posted.
Strange that there is no EOT::Fitness in there - this confuses me.


No, the compiler encountered trouble instantiating a template you used on
that line. It also told you where to look:
         eopopulator.h(205) : see reference to class template

Please show us the area around line 205.

cheers, Oliver

Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] schrieb:

olli wrote:

I have a library which I want to build on msvc++ 2005. however the
compiler generates the following warnings and errors concerning the
following source snippet:

template <class EOT>
class eoSelectivePopulator : public eoPopulator<EOT>
{
public :

    using eoPopulator< EOT >::src;

    eoSelectivePopulator(const eoPop<EOT>& _pop, eoPop<EOT>& _dest,
eoSelectOne<EOT>& _sel)
        : eoPopulator<EOT>(_pop, _dest), sel(_sel)
        { sel.setup(_pop); };

    /** the select method actually selects one guy from the src pop */
    const EOT& select() {
        return sel(src);
    }

private:

    eoSelectOne<EOT>& sel;
};

---

output is:

eopopulator.h(192) : warning C4346: 'EOT::Fitness' : dependent name is
not a type
prefix with 'typename' to indicate a type

The code you've shown is not the source of this error (clearly, since
there's no mention of EOT::Fitness in this code).

I'm going to assume that this is code you're porting from VC7 (2002) or
earlier. The issue here is that, as the error message explains, a
dependent name is not a type name. So what's a dependent name? Roughly
speaking, it's a name whose definition depends on one or more template
parameters. In this case, EOT::Fitness is a dependent name.

Early C++ compilers, like VC6 and VC7 would accept such names as being
type names, but that causes problems with other constructs where the name
isn't really a type. So, the C++ standard mandates that a dependent name
is never a type name unless you explicitly state that it is. The way you
do that is by using the 'typename' keyword.

Generally, you solve this error (and make your code standard complaint)
by simply adding the typename keyword before the name, so replace
"EOT::Fitness" with "typename EOT::Fitness".

-cd

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