Function Templates

Code:

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                template <typename OldType, typename NewType>
                any & ChangeType()
                {
                        placeholder * newcontent = new holder<NewType>(reinterpret_cast<NewType>(any_cast<OldType>(*this)));
                        std::swap(content,newcontent);
                        delete newcontent;
                        return *this;
                }

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Thats part of my class.

here's my main:

Code:

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#include <any.hpp>
int main()
{
        blah.ChangeType<int,char>();
}

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And it says that it doesn't expect the int...

It seems that you are trying to declare a member function of a class as a template. Ive never seen this done myself, so this is just a guess, but you might try to template the entire class if possible, or declare your member function as static, or just overload the function instead of templating it.

Actually, I think your problem is in main. What is blah? I don't know, and my guess is that your compiler doesn't know either.

lol I forgot the put the rest of the code I was using... I only wanted to give the related lines.

there is a line like this:


"any blah = 1;"

I've had a similar problem before... it seems that my compiler doesn't like function templates a whole lot inside classes.

I tried doing it without prototyping and it worked last time... i.e. I get no errors if I make them pass the types, but thats not what I want.

Why won't VC++ 6.0 let me use a template this way? I know technically it should work...

Found a workaround using friend. thx anyway