Template functions with STL in gcc 3.2.2

[Rob Emanuele]

Hello,

I've got two template functions below.  They compile and work under Visual
C++ (which does let some weird code through).  Using GCC 3.2.2 the second
fucntion will not compile.  The line "T::const_iterator it = group.begin();"
shows a "parse error befire '=' token".

Any ideas why it can't compile that?

Thanks,

Rob

typedef std::vector<std::string> StringVector;
typedef std::list<std::string> StringList;

template bool GetStringGroup<StringList>(const std::string& s, StringList&
group, char sep);
template bool GetStringGroup<StringVector>(const std::string& s,
StringVector& group, char sep);

template <typename T> bool GetStringGroup(const std::string& s, T& group,
char sep)
{
	bool ret = false;
	std::string::size_type oldpos = 0, newpos = 0;
	
	if (!(s.empty()))
	{
		do 
		{
			newpos = s.find(',',oldpos);
			group.push_back(s.substr(oldpos,newpos));
			if (newpos != s.npos)
				oldpos = newpos+1;
		} 
		while(newpos != s.npos);
		ret = true;
	}

	return ret;
}


template bool GetStringGroupAsString<StringList>(const StringList& group,
std::string& s, char sep);
template bool GetStringGroupAsString<StringVector>(const StringVector&
group, std::string& s, char sep);

template <typename T> bool GetStringGroupAsString(const T& group,
std::string& s, char sep)
{
	T::const_iterator it = group.begin();
	bool fst = true;
	while (it != group.end())
	{
		if (!fst)
			s += ",";
		s+= (*it).c_str();
		it++;
	}

	return true;
}