Linker error with static data member in templated class

[Andy Gibbs]

On Friday, October 01, 2010 5:43 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> Andy Gibbs <andyg1001@hotmail.co.uk> writes:
>
>> // Initialise C3::op for type int
>> template<> C1 C3<int>::op;
>
> You are using specialization syntax but it seems to me that you want
> instantiation syntax, which would be
>
> template C1 C3<int>::op;
>

Thank you.  It didn't quite work since this on its own gave a "explicit 
instantiation of 'C3<int>::op' but no definition available" error.  However, 
doing:

template <typename T> C1 C3<T>::op;
template C1 C3<int>::op;

compiled and linked fine.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Andy