Re: dllexport template function: char* parameter problem

From:

"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>

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microsoft.public.vc.language

Date:

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:59:36 -0400

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"Fabian" <Fabian@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B3B2BE25-D509-432D-BEE3-146157F2AAA8@microsoft.com

Hi Alf,

"Alf P. Steinbach" wrote:

Why don't you just provide an ordinary overload for 'char const*'?

I will need overloads for at least:

(char const*)
(char const*, char const*)
(char const*, const int)
(char const*, const double)
(const int, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, char const*)
(char const*, const int, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, const int, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, char const*, const int, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, const int, char const*, char const*)
(char const*, const int, char const*, char const*, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, char const*, const double, char const*)
(char const*, char const*, const double, char const*, char const*)

Well, you don't seem to be deterred by the prospect of having to
explicitly instantiate and export all these specializations of your
PrintError template. Why not just define it in the header and let the
compiler produce specializations as needed?
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

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