class template and operator=()

Hey all, I'm working on a general (hopefully very useful) list class template. At the moment I'm stuck with dev-cpp giving me weird errors about my operator=() function:

Code:

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template<class item_t>
mylist& mylist<item_t>::operator=(const mylist list2) {
  mylist list1;
  list1.length = list2.length;
  int i;
  delete [] list1.list;
  list1.list = new item_t[list2.length];
  for (i = 0; i < list1.length; ++i)
    list1.list[i] = list2.list[i];
  return list1;
}

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I'm not real familiar with templates so this is probably something super basic and obvious, but any help would be greatly appreciated, thx.

the problem isn't in the code u posted, its in the class declaration.

Post the full code and we can help u more.

-LC

Here's a zip with alla the stuff.

Code:

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mylist<item_t>& mylist<item_t>::operator=(const mylist list2) {

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Try changing it to that...

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Code:

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mylist list1;

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did you want to make it mylist<item_t> list1?

also you shouldnt include cpp files, include the h file in the cpp file instead...

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Man I can't think straight tonight...

Quote:

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also you shouldnt include cpp files, include the h file in the cpp file instead...

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I got a book that says to do it this way or else the linking won't go down like it should and the evidence seems to point in that direction. Is there something neither of us know?