Re: "template container" declaration error
On Feb 12, 8:04 pm, vl_ <vlyamt...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Feb 12, 4:26 am, James Kanze <james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Feb 11, 6:10 pm, vl_ <vlyamt...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am trying to declare "containerr" class for the template, so
that it would contain explicit size for the templated object:
MyClass.hpp
#include <queue>
template <typename T>
// Container class
class Element
{
public:
Element( T t, int size)
{
m_t = t;
m_size = size;
}
virtual ~Element() {};
T m_t;
int m_size;
} ;
// Queue wrapper
template <typename T>
class MyQueue
...
//STL queue declaration:
std::queue <Element> m_queue;
....
I have the following error: "ISO C++ forbids declaration of
`m_queue' with no type,
expected a type, got `Element'"
Why doesn't compiler see declaration of type 'Element' ?
The compiler can see the definition of Element. That's how
it knows that it's not a type. Otherwise, it would probably
give an error message along the lines of "unknown symbol".
A template is not a type. A class template is a
specification which can be instantiated to create a type,
but only the instantiations are types. You need something
along the lines of:
std::queue< Element< T > > m_queue ;
You can't declare type based on template, so your syntax as
wrong as my original approach... Thanks, though.
Of course you can. My syntax is correct according to the
standard, and works on all of the compilers I have access to.
I use it fairly regularly.
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