Hi all, hopefully there is a work around for this problem.

I'm trying to call a template member function in a template class and am not
having any luck.

I've tested the following code on:
http://www.*-*-*.com/
and it compiles fine - however MVC 6.0 doesn't seem capable of doing it.

class Object {};
class Test : Object {};

template <class T>
class SmartPtr{
  public:

      template <class U>
      int foo (){
        return 435;
    }

int main (){
  SmartPtr<Test> testPtr;
  testPtr.foo <Object>();

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Can anyone tell me if there is a work-around in C++ so that MVC 6.0 (service
patch 5) can actually do the above or something similar?

Obviously in this case, I don't actually need the class in the foo
function - but this is a dumbed down version of what I would like to get
working.  I.E. I tried to reduce the problem I'm having down to the basics -
that is the requirement for a template function in a template class.

Thanks,
Novice

PS When I attempt to do the above in MVC it gives a compiler error of:
c:\tim\c++programs\timdynamic\mainentry.cpp(30) : error C2275: 'Object' :
illegal use of this type as an expression
        c:\tim\c++programs\timdynamic\mainentry.cpp(14) : see declaration of
'Object'
c:\tim\c++programs\timdynamic\mainentry.cpp(30) : error C2059: syntax error
: ')'

VC6 doesn't support that syntax. A workaround would be:

 template<class U> int foo(U*) { return 435; }

This you can call with:

 testPtr.foo((Object*) 0);

--
Doug Harrison
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

      template <class U>
        int foo (const SmartPtr<T>& _smartPtr, U * _u){
          return 345;
     }
   objectPtr.foo <Test>(objectPtr, (U *) 0);

Nevermind, I just realized how the mechanism worked for MVC 6 (see above).

Thanks,
Novice

What if I want to pass another argument of a different type into the
function, i.e.:

class Object {...};
class Test : Object {...};

template <class T>
class SmartPtr{
  public:
     template <class U>
       int foo (const SmartPtr<T>& _smartPtr){
         return 345;
    }

int main (){
  SmartPtr<Object> objectPtr;
  SmartPtr<Test> testPtr;
  objectPtr.foo <Test>(objectPtr);

Thanks very much,
Novice