Partial specialization with reference template parameter fails to compile in VS2005
- by Blair Holloway
I have code that boils down to the following:
template struct Foo {};
template & I struct FooBar {};
////////
template struct Baz {};
template & I
struct Baz< FooBar
{
static void func(FooBar& value);
};
////////
struct MyStruct
{
static const Foo s_floatFoo;
};
// Elsewhere: const Foo MyStruct::s_floatFoo;
void callBaz()
{
typedef FooBar FloatFooBar;
FloatFooBar myFloatFooBar;
Baz::func(myFloatFooBar);
}
This compiles successfully under GCC, however, under VS2005, I get:
error C2039: 'func' : is not a member of 'Baz'
with
[
T=FloatFooBar
]
error C3861: 'func': identifier not found
However, if I change const Foo<T>& I to const Foo<T>* I (passing I by pointer rather than by reference), and defining FloatFooBar as:
typedef FooBar FloatFooBar;
Both GCC and VS2005 are happy.
What's going on? Is this some kind of subtle template substitution failure that VS2005 is handling differently to GCC, or a compiler bug?
(The strangest thing: I thought I had the above code working in VS2005 earlier this morning. But that was before my morning coffee. I'm now not entirely certain I wasn't under some sort of caffeine-craving-induced delirium...)
