Re: Template type parameter problem

From:
"Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:28:25 -0400
Message-ID:
<O06N8SI2IHA.5728@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
nassim.bouayad.agha@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,
I have a problem with templates (using VC6.0) :

template <class NumericType,bool UseMin,NumericType Min,bool
UseMax,NumericType Max>
class NumericRange
{
public:
NumericRange()
{
 mUseMin = UseMin;
 mMin = Min;
 mUseMax = UseMax;
 mMax = Max;
}
protected:
NumericType mValue;
bool mUseMin;
NumericType mMin;
bool mUseMax;
NumericType mMax;
}

If I instanciate :
NumericRange<double,true,-90,true,90> c1;
NumericRange<double,true,-180,true,180> c2;


This program is illegal and shouldn't compile. One can't use floating
point type for non-type template parameters.

Since you copy the boundaries to member variables anyway, why not just

template <class NumericType>
class NumericRange {
public:
    NumericRange(bool UseMin,NumericType Min,bool UseMax,NumericType
Max);
};

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