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how to declare friend for template class ?

class A
{
public:
.....
private:
.....

friend class B ????????
}

template <class T>
class B
{
}

On Apr 9, 5:39 am, slocum <piotr270...@interia.pl> wrote:
> how to declare friend for template class ?
>
> class A
> {
> public:
> .....
> private:
> .....
>
> friend class B ????????
>
> }
>
> template <class T>
> class B
> {
>
> }

You can't.
Though you can defined friends for particular versions of B.

template<typename T>
class B
{
};

class A
{
friend class B<int>;
friend class B<float>;
friend class B<MyType>;
// etc..
};

And what about this way ??

template <typename T>
class B
{

};

template <typename T>
class A
{
friend class B<T>;

};

> You can't.
> Though you can defined friends for particular versions of B.
>
> template<typename T>
> class B
> {
> };
>
> class A
> {
> friend class B<int>;
> friend class B<float>;
> friend class B<MyType>;
> // etc..
> };

That is completely untrue


template<class T> class B
{
// Stuff
};

class A
{
template <class> friend class B;
};

makes B a friend irrespective of the type of it's template parameter.

Brian.

On Apr 9, 6:03 am, Brian Tyler <brian.ty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > You can't.
> That is completely untrue
>
> class A
> {
> template <class> friend class B;
>
> };
>
> makes B a friend irrespective of the type of it's template parameter.

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