Re: templated 'handle' in pimpl code? (Slightly off topic)

From: Kevin Wheatley (yg-boost-users_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-11 04:44:47

Kevin Wheatley wrote:
> I'm trying to hide both the implementation of the body class and that
> of the template type, something like that below but my compiler is
> complaining about partial specialization in the declaration of the
> implementation class in handle.cpp

So a few hours of sleep and the BFO is apparent... my problem was
'solvable' by moving the nested template class outside of the handle
class scope:

//handle.h
#ifndef handle_h
#define handle_h

template <typename U> class handleimpl;

template <typename T>
class handle
{
  public:
    handle();
    ~handle();
    void callsomefunctionviaimpl();
  private:
    handleimpl<T> *impl;
};
#endif

Although it still leaves me with the problem of templated handle/body
requiring the code to the impl to work, I guess in my case I shall
move the member T into the handle as it's essentially static const
data anyway.

Kevin
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