Re: templated func : what's wrong

From:
 joe <jgreer@DoubleTake.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 08 Aug 2007 05:02:04 -0700
Message-ID:
<1186574524.851677.318770@q3g2000prf.googlegroups.com>
On Aug 8, 3:48 am, mosfet <john....@anonymous.org> wrote:

HI,

when trying to compile an embedded version of STL called ustl on win32
platform I get the following error :

/// Returns the minimum of \p a and \p b
template <typename T1, typename T2>
inline const T1 min (const T1& a, const T2& b)
{
     return (a < b ? a : b);

}

1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\ustl\uutility.h(69) : error C2027: use of undefined type 'T1'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\ustl\uutility.h(69) : error C2226: syntax error :
unexpected type 'T1'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\ustl\uutility.h(69) : error C2988: unrecognizable template
declaration/definition
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\ustl\uutility.h(69) : error C2059: syntax error :
'<cv-qualifer>'
1>c:\program files\microsoft visual studio
8\vc\include\ustl\uutility.h(69) : error C2059: syntax error : ')'

I think it comes from the fact template functions like this are not
standard C++.
Could someone confirm ?

How can I change that ?


Have you stumbled across a 'min' macro from else where? MS defines
one in the set of headers declared in windows.h. If you have, you can
fix that by invoking the function with the syntax

 int a = (min)(5,6);

Surrounding the function name with parenthesis forces the preprocessor
to not match the function and to instead use the template.

joe

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