From: fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: problem with inner classes in template functions
22 May 1997 19:46:57 -0700
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Oliver Glier, you wrote:
> 
> template<class C>
> void createIterator(const C&)
> {
>   C::Iterator it;
>   it.setnull();
> }
....
> The compiler always yields a syntax error at the line with
> "C::Iterator it;" in function createIterator().

The compiler is correct.  The above is not valid C++ syntax
(no matter what all those other compilers do).

I think the correct syntax is

   typename C::Iterator it;
   ^^^^^^^^

This syntax is a fairly recent addition to C++, and
I have no idea whether the cygwin g++ supports it yet
(and no intention of rebooting my Linux box in W95 mode
to find out ;-).

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