[Bug c++/11489] [3.4 Regression] ICE on typecast of template-argument-derived value as template argument

[bangerth at dealii dot org]

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11489



------- Additional Comments From bangerth at dealii dot org  2003-07-12 23:48 -------
Nathanael:

The code is ok, but you can only meaningfully instantiate the template with a
class that has a static const member named "value". Typically, you would 
instantiate the template with classes that have "traits" character, for example

  template <typename> struct is_integer { static const bool value = false; };
  template <> struct is_integer<int>    { static const bool value = true; };

  template <typename T>
  void f (T t) {
    bar<is_integer<T> > b;
    // do something with b
  }

It's a very useful and powerful technique :-)

W.