Re: [Boost-users] [multi_array] why this does not compile? allocator?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [multi_array] why this does not compile? allocator?
From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-09-20 15:32:50

Suresh Kumar wrote:
> Could you kindly tell me why the following code does not compile? I 
> guess it is an allocator issue, but how do I go further? 
> 
> #include <boost/multi_array.hpp>
> #include <iostream>
> using namespace std;
> 
> int 
> main () {
>    class test{
>     int x;
>     int y;
>   };
>   typedef boost::multi_array<test, 3> array_type;
>   typedef array_type::index index;
>   array_type A(boost::extents[3][4][2]);
>   array_type::extent_gen extents;
> 
>   return 0;
> }
> 
> compile errors: 
> multiArray.cpp:11: error: template argument for ‘template<class _Alloc> 
> class std::allocator’ uses local type ‘main()::test’

This says it all. Move test out of function scope into a namespace scope.

Jeff