template <class T>
class myClass
{
public:
myClass();
virtual ~myClass();
virtual void foo();
};
template <class T>
myClass<T>::myClass(){}
template <class T>
myClass<T>::~myClass(){}
template <class T>
myClass<T>::foo(){}
//I then insert the following code somewhere..
myClass<int>* temp = new myClass();
initializing template pointers.....
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been havin troubles creating a pointer to a templated class..
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I''ve also tried this
it keeps complaining about linking, when I have a pointer, it complians that the type is not specified, when I don''t do it as a pointer, it says it can''t find default constructor....
weird stuff...
//not a pointermyClass<int> temp; it keeps complaining about linking, when I have a pointer, it complians that the type is not specified, when I don''t do it as a pointer, it says it can''t find default constructor....
weird stuff...
For dynamic creation try this:
(Maybe this would also do:
baumep
Edited by - baumep on September 7, 2001 6:09:46 AM
myClass* temp = new myClass<int>();(Maybe this would also do:
myClass* temp = new myClass<int>;)baumep
Edited by - baumep on September 7, 2001 6:09:46 AM
You're nearly there... try this..
Edited by - Sandman on September 7, 2001 6:16:09 AM
template <class T>class myClass{ public: myClass(); virtual ~myClass(); virtual void foo();};template <class T>myClass<T>::myClass(){}template <class T>myClass<T>::~myClass(){}template <class T>void myClass<T>::foo(){}//I then insert the following code somewhere..myClass<int>* temp = new myClass<int>(); Edited by - Sandman on September 7, 2001 6:16:09 AM
both don''t work, its having linking errors..... DAMN VC++!!!
keeps saying un-resolved external symbol, but I have everything coded up exactly what I have written above.. I tried what you guys suggested but still dosn''t work.... weird...
keeps saying un-resolved external symbol, but I have everything coded up exactly what I have written above.. I tried what you guys suggested but still dosn''t work.... weird...
What are the linker errors?
Do you define the template functions in a different file to the declarations? Try putting them all in the same file, see if that helps.
eg.
Do you define the template functions in a different file to the declarations? Try putting them all in the same file, see if that helps.
eg.
// in MyClass.htemplate <class T>class myClass{ public: myClass(); virtual ~myClass(); virtual void foo();};template <class T>myClass<T>::myClass(){}template <class T>myClass<T>::~myClass(){}template <class T>void myClass<T>::foo(){}// in main.cpp//I then insert the following code somewhere..myClass<int>* temp = new myClass<int>();
I also had linker errors when separating my template class in a header file and a cpp file. You should try what Sandman suggested and see if there are still linker errors. (May be it is not an error with your template class which seems to be correct but with VC++''s buggy imlementation of templates)
baumep
baumep
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Thanks everyone! I got home, check the suggestions and I put everything into one header file. It worked! But I''m very dissapointed in VC++, such a widely used compiler and its trivial flaw(s)...
Don''t judge MSVC too quickly... it has flaws, but this problem is not really a significant one of them. Due to the nature of templates, they should all be in a header file. This is because templates aren''t code like normal functions are: rather, they are instructions for how to produce code. If those instructions are in abc.cpp. and code that needs those instructions is in xyz.cpp, there''s no practical way to achieve this, because cpp files are totally separate at compile time. And there''s no way of fixing it at link time because the instructions in abc.cpp haven''t been instantiated into object code for the type you used in xyz.cpp.
Some (very few) compilers support the ''export'' keyword which gets around this, but it''s not exactly trivial to implement. The ''templates in header files'' limitation makes a lot of sense.
Some (very few) compilers support the ''export'' keyword which gets around this, but it''s not exactly trivial to implement. The ''templates in header files'' limitation makes a lot of sense.
I wouldn''t consider that a flaw in MSVC either...
I put my templates in .hpp files, I''m not sure if there''s a convention or not - but putting them in .cpp files is uncharacteristic.
Magmai Kai Holmlor
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I put my templates in .hpp files, I''m not sure if there''s a convention or not - but putting them in .cpp files is uncharacteristic.
Magmai Kai Holmlor
- Not For Rent
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