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This is a problem that arose while using GNU G++ 3.4.5 under Linux.
The problem is: How to get a pointer value from a templated object
inside a class? Normally, I would add an '&' can carry on. This does
not seem to work.

Below is the example I used and some of the things I tried and the gnu
errors I got. There are only two classes, Base and Derived, where
Base defines the buffer, and Derived tries to set a pointer to it.

Is this a gnu g++ issue or is there some syntax I missing?

Rick


template <typename CharT>
class Base
{
public:
CharT buffer_;
};


template <typename CharT>
class Derived: public Base<CharT>
{
public:
Derived( void)
{
CharT * ptr = & buffer_; // error: `buffer_' was not
declared in this scope
CharT * ptr = & Base<CharT>::buffer_; // error: cannot
convert `char Base<char>::*' to `char*' in initialization
CharT * ptr = & (Base<CharT>::buffer_); // error: same as
last one

// This works but sure is ugly
CharT & ref = Base<CharT>::buffer_;
CharT * ptr = & ref;
}
};


int main( void)
{
Derived<char> dah;
}

wrote:

> template <typename CharT>
> class *Base
> {
> public:
> CharT *buffer_;
> };
>
>
> template <typename CharT>
> class *Derived: * public Base<CharT>
> {
> public:
> Derived( void)
> {
> CharT * ptr = *& buffer_; * // error: `buffer_' was not
> declared in this scope
> CharT * ptr = *& Base<CharT>::buffer_; *// error: cannot
> convert `char Base<char>::*' to `char*' in initialization
> CharT * ptr = *& (Base<CharT>::buffer_); // error: *same as
> last one
>
> // This works but sure is ugly
> CharT & ref = *Base<CharT>::buffer_;
> CharT * ptr = & ref;

try:

CharT * ptr = & this->buffer_;


> }
> };
>
>
> int main( void)
> {
> Derived<char> dah;
> }


Best

Kai-Uwe Bux

wrote:
> This is a problem that arose while using GNU G++ 3.4.5 under Linux.
> The problem is: How to get a pointer value from a templated object
> inside a class? Normally, I would add an '&' can carry on. This does
> not seem to work.

If the member is in another dependant base class, then the compiler
can't deduce what buffer_ is and so you get an error. Using, this->,
while redundant in non templated classes, tells the compiler that
buffer_ is dependant on the template parameters.

>
> Below is the example I used and some of the things I tried and the gnu
> errors I got. There are only two classes, Base and Derived, where
> Base defines the buffer, and Derived tries to set a pointer to it.
>
> Is this a gnu g++ issue or is there some syntax I missing?

I think g++ is right.

>
> Rick
>
>
> template <typename CharT>
> class Base
> {
> public:
> CharT buffer_;
> };
>
>
> template <typename CharT>
> class Derived: public Base<CharT>
> {
> public:
> Derived( void)
> {

CharT * ptr = & this->buffer_;

> CharT * ptr = & buffer_; // error: `buffer_' was not
> declared in this scope
> CharT * ptr = & Base<CharT>::buffer_; // error: cannot
> convert `char Base<char>::*' to `char*' in initialization
> CharT * ptr = & (Base<CharT>::buffer_); // error: same as
> last one
>
> // This works but sure is ugly
> CharT & ref = Base<CharT>::buffer_;
> CharT * ptr = & ref;
> }
> };
>
>
> int main( void)
> {
> Derived<char> dah;
> }
>

wrote:
>
> template <typename CharT>
> class Base
> {
> public:
> CharT buffer_;
> };
>
>
> template <typename CharT>
> class Derived: public Base<CharT>
> {
> public:
using Base<CharT>::buffer_;

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/templates.html
[35.19] Why am I getting errors when my template-derived-class uses a member
it inherits from its template-base-class?

> Derived( void)
> {
> CharT * ptr = & buffer_;
> // error: `buffer_' was not declared in this scope

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