Thread: Template overloading?

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    Template overloading?

    This is strange... VC++ gives me this error:
    error C2780: 'void StrUtils::ToUpper(std::basic_string<_Elem,_Traits, _Alloc> &,const std::locale &)' : expects 2 arguments - 4 provided
    if I try to overload my ToUpper() function template like this:
    Code:
    template <typename E>
    class ToUpperFunctor	:	public std::binary_function<E, std::locale, E>
    {
    public:
    	E operator()( E  ch, const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() ) const
    	{
    		return std::toupper( ch, loc );
    	}
    };
    
    template <typename E,
    	  typename InIt,
    	  typename OutIt>
    void ToUpper( InIt  start1,
    	      InIt  end1,
    	     OutIt  start2,
    	     const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() )
    {
    	std::transform( start1, end1,
    			start2,
    			std::bind2nd( ToUpperFunctor<E>(), loc ) );
    }
    
    template <typename E,
    	  typename T,
    	  typename A>
    void ToUpper( std::basic_string<E, T, A>&  str,
    		       const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() )
    {
    	typedef std::basic_string<E, T, A>::iterator	iter;
    	ToUpper( str.begin(), str.end(),
    		 str.begin(), loc );
    }
    but it compiles fine if I specify the template parameters:
    Code:
    template <typename E>
    class ToUpperFunctor	:	public std::binary_function<E, std::locale, E>
    {
    public:
    	E operator()( E  ch, const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() ) const
    	{
    		return std::toupper( ch, loc );
    	}
    };
    
    template <typename E,
    	  typename InIt,
    	  typename OutIt>
    void ToUpper( InIt  start1,
    	      InIt  end1,
    	     OutIt  start2,
    	     const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() )
    {
    	std::transform( start1, end1,
    			start2,
    			std::bind2nd( ToUpperFunctor<E>(), loc ) );
    }
    
    template <typename E,
    	  typename T,
    	  typename A>
    void ToUpper( std::basic_string<E, T, A>&  str,
    		       const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() )
    {
    	typedef std::basic_string<E, T, A>::iterator	iter;
    	ToUpper<E, iter, iter>( str.begin(), str.end(),
    				str.begin(), loc );
    }
    But both template functions take the same number of template parameters, so how could that possibly help, and why doesn't it know which function I'm talking about to begin with?

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    I think I know why I need to explicitely specify the template parameters -- because the E parameter isn't used in the function parameter list. But I'm still at a loss as to why VC++ thinks I'm talking about the 2 parameter function instead of the 4 parameter one?

    If nobody has a good answer for that, then maybe this is easier -- Is there a way limit the types that can be used for template parameters? If I only want OutIt to be instantiated using an output iterator, is it possible to do that?

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    It seems to me that you are over-complicating things.

    Here's something that should work the same with a lot less template parameters. I hope the way E is deduced (with iterator::value_type) is standard.

    Code:
    #include <string>
    #include <algorithm>
    #include <iostream>
    #include <cctype>
    
    template <typename E>
    class ToUpperFunctor	:	public std::binary_function<E, std::locale, E>
    {
    public:
    	E operator()( E  ch, const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() ) const
    	{
    		return std::toupper( ch, loc );
    	}
    };
    
    template <typename InIt, typename OutIt>
    void ToUpper( InIt  start1,
    	      InIt  end1,
    	     OutIt  start2,
    	     const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() )
    {
         typedef typename InIt::value_type E;
    	std::transform( start1, end1,
    			start2,
    			std::bind2nd( ToUpperFunctor<E>(), loc ) );
    }
    
    template <typename StringType>
    void ToUpper( StringType&  str,
    		       const std::locale&  loc = std::locale() )
    {
    	ToUpper( str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), loc );
    }
    
    int main()
    {
        std::string a = "Hello", b = "world";
        ToUpper(a);
        ToUpper(b.begin(), b.end(), b.begin());
        std::cout << a << " " << b << '\n'; //HELLO WORLD
    }
    I might be wrong.

    Thank you, anon. You sure know how to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away.
    Quoted more than 1000 times (I hope).

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    typedef std::basic_string<E, T, A>::iterator iter;
    This is missing a typename and shouldn't compile in the first place. What version of VC++ is this?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Adak View Post
    io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included in the very latest Pelles C versions.
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    You mean it's included as a crutch to help ancient programmers limp along without them having to relearn too much.

    Outside of your DOS world, your header file is meaningless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CornedBee View Post
    This is missing a typename and shouldn't compile in the first place. What version of VC++ is this?
    That was VC++ 2005 express.
    I thought it needed a typename too, but when it compiled I thought maybe since only part of the name before the :: was a template that maybe it wasn't required...
    Thanks.

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