From -8473523718093089215 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,297e1191220ad2df X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: sbnaran@localhost.localdomain (Siemel Naran) Subject: Re: [Q] function member template in a template class Date: 1999/05/10 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 476185111 Approved: Valentin Bonnard References: X-Original-Date: 10 May 1999 13:56:25 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: backdraft.briar.org: smap set sender to using -f Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBVAwUANzbo/awEuYhIxRhxAQEJjgH+NkaMC711+sZP5cy5g0XTMTfoWmdpL6lF HbXRFpl6icL9TOKCFq+owLwyja91q5HLH+2BwhxaiIAwKbtszJAz5w== =cNXP Reply-To: sbnaran@uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ On 10 May 99 12:39:59 GMT, Gabor Greif wrote: >> typename Res foo(void); > >Here typename is not allowed, since it is inferrable that Res is a >type. The typename would be necessary to disambiguate the access to some >member in Res, such as a typedef or a nested class. Yes. But I also think the presence of the word 'typename' there is harmless, so maybe the C++ grammar should be changed to allow it. On, the other hand, allowing a redundant 'typename' doesn't solve any big problems and might accidentally cause other problems. -- ---------------------------------- Siemel B. Naran (sbnaran@uiuc.edu) ---------------------------------- --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]