MSVC 6 SP5 template errors

I installed Service Pack 5 for MSVC 6 tonight and now all of my code that has templates is giving me run-time errors when a template function is called.

For instance I wrote a templated function to handle releasing all of my DirectX objects that looks like this:

Code:

---

template<typename _T> void SafeRelease(_T T)
{
  if(T)
  {
      T->Release();
      T=0;
  }
}

---

Where I pass my DirectX objects as the parameter in my destructors. Before the SP5 upgrade everything compiled and ran fine. Afterwards every time I exit (which is when SafeRelease is called by the respective destructors) I get an error.

If I comment out the template function and replace it with a C-style macro that does the same thing the error is gone.

I'm attaching a jpg of the error message.

My question is does anyone know how to fix this (since you can't uninstall a service pack)? I've spent the last 3 hours on google and haven't found a solution yet.

Thanks in advance.

Try doing a clean/rebuild all...if that doesn't work, try re-creating all your project/workspace files.

gg

[EDIT]
Try this first, rename "_T" to "T" and call the variable "t". Names with leading underscores are reserved for the compiler.

Weird. Not only did I have to recreate the project but I had to recreate the header file that had the definition of the templated functions. Copying/pasting it into the new project's directory and including it wouldn't work. I could copy/paste all the other files into the new project's workspace but I had to recreate that particular header from scratch.

It's working fine now. Thanks. I was worried I'd have to reformat or something.