Re: How to you access a nested template class?

From:
Adam Nielsen <adam.nielsen@remove.this.uq.edu.au>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:07:31 +1000
Message-ID:
<fij7k3$rav$1@air.soe.uq.edu.au>

You may want to ponder about the following:

#include <cassert>
#include <map>

template < typename T >
class typemap {

  typedef void (*id) ( void );

  template < typename A >
  static
  void type_identifier ( void ) {}
  
  std::map< id, T > data;

public:

  template < typename A >
  T const & value ( void ) const {
    return ( data[ &type_identifier<A> ] );
  }

  template < typename A >
  T & value ( void ) {
    return ( data[ &type_identifier<A> ] );
  }

};

int main ( void ) {
  typemap<int> table;
  table.value<char>() = 2;
  table.value<int>() = 1;
  assert( table.value<char>() == 2 );
  assert( table.value<int>() == 1 );
}


Hi Kai-Uwe,

I've just started implementing this design in my code, but I can't
figure out why it won't work inside a template.

For example, if I delete your main() function above and replace the code
with this:

template <typename X>
int m ( void ) {
   typemap<int> table;
   table.value<char>() = 2; // line 59 in the error below
   table.value<int>() = 1;
   assert( table.value<char>() == 2 );
   assert( table.value<int>() == 1 );
}

int main ( void ) {
   m<int>();
}

When I compile it I end up with this:

t4.cpp: In function `int m()':
t4.cpp:59: error: parse error before `>' token
t4.cpp:60: error: parse error before `>' token
t4.cpp:61: error: parse error before `>' token
t4.cpp:62: error: parse error before `>' token

I don't understand why this happens, as I didn't think it mattered
*where* you used the code. Is there something special you must do in
this situation?

Thanks again,
Adam.

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