From -6681941990977885614 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,1441794ed9819078 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: f78e5,a9e0bc9c2025eeb2,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Carsten Arnholm Subject: Re: Template member function Date: 1996/08/06 Message-ID: <4u7253$pg4@o.online.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 172479675 references: <1996Aug6.061314.5177@iiasa.ac.at> x-original-date: 6 Aug 1996 09:09:55 GMT followup-to: comp.std.c++ organization: DNV x-auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.std.c++ originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com x-mailer: Mozilla 1.1 (Windows; I; 32bit) [Moderator's note: this article is crossposted to comp.std.c++ and comp.lang.c++. Followups have been directed by default to comp.std.c++. mha] marek@iiasa.ac.at (Marek MAKOWSKI) wrote: >Is it possible to have a template member function in a non-template class ? >Something like: > >class A { >public: > A(); > // .... >private: > template process(); > // .... >}; Sorry, this is not allowed (yet). Refer to the book "The Design and Evolution of C++", by Bjarne Stroustrup. In section 15.9.1 "Inheritance Relationships", (page 361) he talks about smart pointers and how he would like them to have similar inheritance behaviour as ordinary pointers. On the bottom of te page he says: "Member templates - which are not currently part of C++ - provide a solution: template class Ptr { // pointer to T1 // ... template operator Ptr(); };" This is basically the same as what you are asking for. I guess it will become legal C++ at some stage, but currently we will have to do without it. BTW, your example will perhaps NEVER be legal, because your process() member function template has no arguments. How do you think the compiler is supposed to figure out which template function you want ? Carsten Arnholm ca@dnv.no --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles: Try just posting with your newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu comp.std.c++ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/faq.html Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/policy.html Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu ]