[Bug c++/33878] Pure virtual method body omitted from template

["bangerth at math dot tamu dot edu" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>]

------- Comment #8 from bangerth at math dot tamu dot edu  2008-04-01 12:52 -------
Subject: Re:  Pure virtual method body omitted from template


> thanks for the clarification. I should have realized it myself, though. I
> solved the problem in another way, but out of pure curiosity: How can I
> implicitly instatiate this function

That's a self-contradiction. The term "implicit instantiation" refers to 
something that the compiler does without any explicit user request, so 
there is no way to "implicitly instatiate this function yourself" :-)

You could explicitly instantiate this function, but...

> It needs to be a generic solution

The only possibility in this case would be to put the function into your 
header file. I believe that that should work in your case.

Best
 Wolfgang

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