• Jacob Carlborg (6/6) May 19 2009 If I have a class like this:
• Jeremie Pelletier (2/13) May 19 2009 I think it is so the parser knows how to make the difference between the...
• Lars T. Kyllingstad (3/19) May 20 2009 Can you do anything with a template except instantiate it?
• Daniel Keep (3/6) May 20 2009 Pass it to another template as an alias argument.
• Tim Matthews (4/6) May 20 2009 Can you explain a bit more on this? function templates dont require this...
• Jeremie Pelletier (2/13) May 20 2009 Oh yeah you are right, it has already been filed as a bug.

Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:

If I have a class like this:

class Class (T = int) {}

Then why can't I use it like this:

auto c = new C;

I have to do this:

auto c = new C!();

Jeremie Pelletier <jeremiep gmail.com> writes:

Jacob Carlborg Wrote:

 If I have a class like this:
 
 class Class (T = int) {}
 
 Then why can't I use it like this:
 
 auto c = new C;
 
 I have to do this:
 
 auto c = new C!();

I think it is so the parser knows how to make the difference between the
template symbol and an instance symbol.

"Lars T. Kyllingstad" <public kyllingen.NOSPAMnet> writes:

Jeremie Pelletier wrote:
 Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
 
 If I have a class like this:

 class Class (T = int) {}

 Then why can't I use it like this:

 auto c = new C;

 I have to do this:

 auto c = new C!();

 
 I think it is so the parser knows how to make the difference between the
template symbol and an instance symbol.
 

Can you do anything with a template except instantiate it?

-Lars

Daniel Keep <daniel.keep.lists gmail.com> writes:

Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
 Can you do anything with a template except instantiate it?
 
 -Lars

Pass it to another template as an alias argument.

  -- Daniel

"Tim Matthews" <tim.matthews7 gmail.com> writes:

On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:01:44 +1200, Jeremie Pelletier <jeremiep gmail.com>  
wrote:


 I think it is so the parser knows how to make the difference between the  
 template symbol and an instance symbol.


Can you explain a bit more on this? function templates dont require this  
by the way and I didn't think a template could ever be 'newed'

Jeremie Pelletier <jeremiep gmail.com> writes:

Tim Matthews Wrote:

 On Wed, 20 May 2009 15:01:44 +1200, Jeremie Pelletier <jeremiep gmail.com>  
 wrote:
 
 
 I think it is so the parser knows how to make the difference between the  
 template symbol and an instance symbol.

 
 
 Can you explain a bit more on this? function templates dont require this  
 by the way and I didn't think a template could ever be 'newed'

Oh yeah you are right, it has already been filed as a bug.