Re: Explicit specialization problem

[Nathan Sidwell <nathan at codesourcery dot com>]

Yogesh Kini wrote:
> Hi,
> 	When I compile the below code using gcc 3.3 I get the errors as below.
> But MS VC++ compiles it straight. Can any one please tell me what the problem is?
>
> Thanks,
> Yogesh
>
> namespace xyz
> {
> 	template<class A, class B, class C>	
> 	class ABC
> 	{
> 		template<bool T>
> 		struct M
> 		{
> 			float a,b,c;		
> 		};
> 		
> 		template<>
> 		struct M<true>  -> Error here
> 		{
> 			int i,j,k;
> 		};
> 	};
> 	
> };
This is ill-formed. For two reasons

1) [14.7.3]/2 says an explicit specialization of a member template shall
be declared in the namespace of the enclosing class.  I.e. you
have to move the M<true> specialization out.

2) [14.7.3]/18 says that an explicit specialization of a member class template
of a templated class must also specialize the outer class. I.e. you
cannot put a specialized class inside a non-specialized class.

nathan
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