Naming base-classes

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Jun 29, 2016, 9:28:38 AM6/29/16

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I often need to access the base-class, and this class is often templated. This causes minor annoyances and is a maintenance problem.

template <class T>

struct B {...};

template<class T>

struct D: B<T>

{

using base = B<T>;

...

};

I often encounter this problem when B and D are traits-classes, providing information about the actual type T (where B and D might

contain information about the GUI-representation of T or how to transfer T using a specific protocol).

It would be nice if I could name the class e.g. like

template<class T>

struct D: base = B<T>

{

// using base = B<T>; Not needed anymore.

...

};

This solution looks nice to me syntax-wise, mimicking the using-directive, and should be rather easy to implement.

Has there been any proposals in this direction?

Best regards

Peter

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Jun 29, 2016, 9:58:37 AM6/29/16

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