Template scope error

Nicola Musatti

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Oct 29, 2001, 10:45:17 AM10/29/01

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Hallo,
while fiddling inside the Boost libraries I came across what I believe
to be a compiler bug. The following short program does not compile:

namespace A {
template <class T> struct foo {};
}

namespace B {
template <class T> int foo(const T& i) { return 0; }
}

int main(int, char* []) {
return 0;
}

I get the following error message:
[C++ Error] TemplInNamesp.cpp(10): E2479 Cannot have both a template
class and function named 'foo'

As the two templates are defined in different namespaces I believe the
above program is correct.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti
Team Mongolian Wok

G.B.

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Oct 29, 2001, 2:04:55 PM10/29/01

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This is definitely a bug.
G.B.

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Greg Chicares

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Nov 6, 2001, 8:11:49 PM11/6/01

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Nicola Musatti wrote:
>
> The following short program does not compile:
>
> namespace A {
> template <class T> struct foo {};
> }
>
> namespace B {
> template <class T> int foo(const T& i) { return 0; }
> }

If that were not legal, then what problem would namespaces solve?

Alan Bellingham

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Nov 7, 2001, 5:37:13 AM11/7/01

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Greg Chicares <chic...@mindspring.com> wrote:

But it is legal. It's just not legal _without_ the two declarations
being in different namespaces. The point about namespaces is that those
two declarations (quite possibly from two different 3rd party
libraries), should not interfere with each other.

Alan Bellingham
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Greg Chicares

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Nov 8, 2001, 1:08:38 AM11/8/01

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Alan Bellingham wrote:
>
> Greg Chicares <chic...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
[snip Nicola's example with declarations in different namespaces]

> >
> >If that were not legal, then what problem would namespaces solve?
>
> But it is legal. It's just not legal _without_ the two declarations
> being in different namespaces. The point about namespaces is that those
> two declarations (quite possibly from two different 3rd party
> libraries), should not interfere with each other.

If that isn't what I said, then it's what I meant to say.

Alan Bellingham

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Nov 8, 2001, 5:47:45 AM11/8/01

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Greg Chicares <chic...@mindspring.com> wrote:

>If that isn't what I said, then it's what I meant to say.

Good. (It's just not how I read it.)

So, we're agreed? There's a bug?

Chris Uzdavinis (TeamB)

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Nov 8, 2001, 7:18:41 AM11/8/01

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Alan Bellingham <al...@episys.com> writes:

> Greg Chicares <chic...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >If that isn't what I said, then it's what I meant to say.
>
> Good. (It's just not how I read it.)
>
> So, we're agreed? There's a bug?

I think so too. I've already reported it.

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Chris(TeamB);

Greg Chicares

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Nov 10, 2001, 12:13:05 AM11/10/01

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Alan Bellingham wrote:
>
> So, we're agreed? There's a bug?

We're agreed. There's a bug.