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Re: egcs 1.1.1: odd warning message with template friend functions
- To: "Jonathan Pryor" <jonpryor@vt.edu>
- Subject: Re: egcs 1.1.1: odd warning message with template friend functions
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 10:40:53 -0600
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"Jonathan Pryor" <jonpryor@vt.edu> writes:
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> Note: I'm not complaining about the resulting executable; I'm
> complaining about the warning message itself.
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> When I compile the attached source code, I get the
> following warning:
>
> mi.cpp:7: warning: friend declaration `bool operator ==(
> const class meta_info<T> &, const class meta_info<T> &)'
> mi.cpp:7: warning: declares a non-template function
> mi.cpp:7: warning: (if this is not what you intended, make sure
> mi.cpp:7: warning: the function template has already been declared,
> mi.cpp:7: warning: and add <> after the function name here)
> mi.cpp:8: warning: friend declaration `class meta_info<T> metaid(
> const T &)'
> mi.cpp:8: warning: declares a non-template function
Please see "Guiding Declarations" in the standard. EGCS is correct; MSVC
doesn't implmenent this correctly. This was added after Stroustrup book
came out (at least my copy of it).
Regards,
Mumit
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