>>>>> "Gonzalo" == Gonzalo A Diethelm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [Good advice on The Right Way to use templates]
Gonzalo> If your compiler supports explicit template instantiation Gonzalo> with the standard 'template class MyClass<int>;' mechanism Gonzalo> (as g++ appears to), then this is what I would do: Gonzalo> 1. Put the class declaration in a header file by itself. Gonzalo> 2. Put the class definition in a source file by itself. Gonzalo> 3. Put the template instantiation at files where you actually Gonzalo> use the template. Preferably, put them in a file just by Gonzalo> themselves; this way, it is easier to control whether you Gonzalo> have instantiated a template or not. Gonzalo> 4. [...] I agree. But sadly stock gcc/g++ 2.7.2 fails to instantiate correctly unless the explicit instantiation is in the *same file* as the definition. Plenty of other posts in this thread have suggested what to do in this situation. -- Gilbert Laycock email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maths and Computer Science, http://www.mcs.le.ac.uk/~glaycock Leicester University phone: (+44) 116 252 3902 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
