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  1. Path: chronicle.mti.sgi.com!austern
  2. From: jonathan.k.armstrong@cdev.com (J. Karl Armstrong)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.c++.moderated
  4. Subject: template typedef
  5. Date: 16 Feb 1996 16:11:04 PST
  6. Organization: Computing Devices Int.
  7. Approved: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com
  8. Message-ID: <jonathan.k.armstrong-1602961624250001@mac-nro.denver.cdev.com>
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  10. X-Original-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 16:24:25 -0600
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  15. Originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com
  16.  
  17. Is there any reason why template typedefs are not allowed? Something like:
  18.  
  19. template <class T>
  20. typedef T *GeneralPointer;
  21.  
  22. GeneralPointer<int> iptr;
  23.  
  24. Trivial example, I know, but there are reasons I would like this.
  25.  
  26. -- 
  27. J. Karl Armstrong                            Computing Devices Int.
  28. jonathan.k.armstrong@cdev.com                6041 S. Syracuse Way, Ste 300
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