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"ES Kim" <> writes:
> Specialization for float is:
>
> template < >
> bool checkType<float>(float type )
Here the argument passed is actually of type DataType rather than float, where
DataType is defined elsewhere as an enum of some sort.

> {
> return isScalarType( type );
> }
>
>
> --
> ES Kim

I tried this, but got the following error (BigParser.h is the only place this
code is used, in another template).

src error LNK2005: "bool __cdecl checkType<float>(enum DataType)" (?checkType@?$@M@@YA_NW4DataType@@@Z) already defined in BigParser.obj

Lars

> >
> > template < >
> > bool checkType<float>(float type )
> Here the argument passed is actually of type DataType rather than float,
where
> DataType is defined elsewhere as an enum of some sort.
>
> > {
> > return isScalarType( type );
> > }
> >
> >
> > --
> > ES Kim
>
> I tried this, but got the following error (BigParser.h is the only place
this
> code is used, in another template).
>
> src error LNK2005: "bool __cdecl checkType<float>(enum DataType)"
(?checkType@?$@M@@YA_NW4DataType@@@Z) already defined in BigParser.obj
>
> Lars

Well at least it compiled, Try this

template < >
inline bool checkType<float>(float type )
{
return isScalarType( type );
}

Note the use of inline.

john

Lars Yencken <> writes:

> "ES Kim" <> writes:
> > Specialization for float is:
> >
> > template < >
> > bool checkType<float>(float type )
> Here the argument passed is actually of type DataType rather than float, where
> DataType is defined elsewhere as an enum of some sort.
>
> > {
> > return isScalarType( type );
> > }
> >
> >
> > --
> > ES Kim
>
> I tried this, but got the following error (BigParser.h is the only place this
> code is used, in another template).
>
> src error LNK2005: "bool __cdecl checkType<float>(enum DataType)" (?checkType@?$@M@@YA_NW4DataType@@@Z) already defined in BigParser.obj
>
> Lars

Aha!!!! I used your suggestion but inlined it and it all works fine.

Thanks a lot!

Lars

"Lars Yencken" <> wrote in message
news:...
> "ES Kim" <> writes:
> > Specialization for float is:
> >
> > template < >
> > bool checkType<float>(float type )
> Here the argument passed is actually of type DataType rather than float,
where
> DataType is defined elsewhere as an enum of some sort.
>
> > {
> > return isScalarType( type );
> > }
> >
> >
> > --
> > ES Kim
>
> I tried this, but got the following error (BigParser.h is the only place this
> code is used, in another template).
>
> src error LNK2005: "bool __cdecl checkType<float>(enum DataType)"
(?checkType@?$@M@@YA_NW4DataType@@@Z) already defined in BigParser.obj
>
> Lars

Sorry, I misread your posting. The template type argument T
is not used in function argument list. Your code is like this form:

template<typename T> void f(int i) { }
int main() { f(1); }

Every complier I tried rejected this including Comeau.
I wonder why your function is not of the form:

template<typename T>
bool checkType(T type);

--
ES Kim

"ES Kim" <> writes:

> "Lars Yencken" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "ES Kim" <> writes:
>> > Specialization for float is:
>> >
>> > template < >
>> > bool checkType<float>(float type )
>> Here the argument passed is actually of type DataType rather than float,
> where
>> DataType is defined elsewhere as an enum of some sort.
>>
>> > {
>> > return isScalarType( type );
>> > }
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > ES Kim
>>
>> I tried this, but got the following error (BigParser.h is the only
>> place this code is used, in another template).
>>
>>
>> src error LNK2005: "bool __cdecl checkType<float>(enum DataType)"
> (?checkType@?$@M@@YA_NW4DataType@@@Z) already defined in BigParser.obj
>>
>> Lars
>
> Sorry, I misread your posting. The template type argument T
> is not used in function argument list. Your code is like this form:
>
> template<typename T> void f(int i) { }
> int main() { f(1); }

Such a function template is instantiated and called like this:

f<int>(1);

ES Kim wrote:
> Yes, it is. But what's the point of using template when template type
> argument T is not used anywhere in the function body?
> Only the OP knows.
>

It's a way of checking that the template type used elsewhere (and passed in
as T) correctly matches the DataType enum given as an argument. This code
is needed to make more interesting templated code work.

Cheers,
Lars

John Harrison wrote:
> Well at least it compiled, Try this
>
> template < >
> inline bool checkType<float>(float type )
> {
> return isScalarType( type );
> }
>
> Note the use of inline.
>
> john

Thanks John, that's just what I did and it fixed all my problems

Cheers,
Lars