Re: templates generating end-of-file found C1004 when compiling in
On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:51:03 -0800, Doug <probsolv@noemail.nospam> wrote:
The problem ended up being that the compiler was looking for a semicolon
after the function. You can see the code below. So is this a bug in the
compiler or is this supposed to be required and the earlier compilers simply
compiled it anyway?????
#include "afxtempl.h"
struct mystruct
{
int x;
int y;
};
template<> UINT AFXAPI HashKey<mystruct> (mystruct _mystruct);
UINT AFXAPI HashKey<mystruct> (mystruct _mystruct)
{
return 1;
} ; /// will give error if semicolon is missing ///
Namespace-level functions never require a semicolon after their closing
brace; in fact, it's an error for one to appear there. The real problem is
that you omitted the template<> specifier on the definition of the
attempted function specialization, and the compiler isn't complaining about
it. You can report it here:
http://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=210
To fix the problem, write it like this:
template<> UINT AFXAPI HashKey(mystruct _mystruct)
{
return 1;
}
--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP
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