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- From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.c++
- Subject: Re: An STL helper -- and template and type shenanigans
- Date: 29 Jan 1996 10:50:26 PST
- Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia
- Approved: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com
- Message-ID: <9601281244.8175@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
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- Originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com
-
- esap@cs.tut.fi (Pulkkinen Esa) writes:
-
- >template <class T>
- >class type_dereferencer<T*>
- >{
- >public:
- > typedef T base_type;
- >};
- [...]
- >And if typedef templates were allowed, you could use a slightly better
- >syntax:
- >
- >template <class T>
- >typedef type_dereferencer<T>::base_type type_dereference;
-
- Can someone please remind me why we decided not to allow typedef templates?
- It certainly seems like a bad idea to force everyone to use this silly
- obfuscation for what is obviously a common need.
-
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