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From: hursh@sparc.isl.net (hursh)
Subject: template member function syntax
Date: 1999/02/02
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Hi,

    I recently spent a few hours trying to find the syntax for what I
had expected to be:

     myType mytmp = MyObj.myFunc<myType>();

The `proper' syntax seems to be:

     myType mytmp = MyObj.template myFunc<myType>();
                          ^^^^^^^^?
  I understand the the syntax error of myType being after the
less-than operator, but putting the template keyword in the invocation
just seems plain ugly.  Is there a more convenient way of doing this
that I missed?  If not, was it because this type of
declaration/invoation is considered *bad*, and hence should be made to
look bad?  (Kinda like the newer casts.)

Regards,
Dan Hursh
hursh@infonet.isl.net
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