Template class constructor

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

template <class T> class I1

{
    public:
    T i;
    I1(T a = 0): i(a){}
    ~I1(){}
};


int main()
{
    I1<int> A();
    cout << A.i << endl;
    return 0;
}

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Hello again. There's something wrong with the constructor in the above program. The compiler gives the following message w.r.t. to the third line from bottom "error: request for member `i' in `A', which is of non-class type".

I can't see what the problem is. T is int, and both a and i are of type T, so surely i is an int. Any suggestions?

Also, a more general question. I have been learning C++ in my spare time for 4 or 5 months now, by working my way through the Stroustrup book. It went fine until I got to chapter 14 (templates). Now my brain seems to have gone on strike and nothing seems to make any sense any more. Is this normal??? (Fortunately, the next chapter, which deals with exceptions, is a piece of cake in comparison.)

Code:

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    I1<int> A();

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Declares a function called A, which returns a I1<int> type. Remove the (), and you get what you want.

Just one of those things in C++.

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Mats

The problem is that this declares a function named A that takes no arguments and returns an I1<int>:

Code:

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I1<int> A();

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Of course. Thanks.