cognito79@hotmail.com (Phil) writes:
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> Ok, I have a template function for any pointer to type T:
>
> template <typename T>
> void func(T* p)
> {
> DoSomethingGeneric(p);
> }
>
> Can I specialize this template for pointers to functions (or pointers
> to member functions, or pointers to anything)? I would like to do
> something like this:
>
> typedef void (*FUNCPTR)();
>
> template <>
> void func(FUNCPTR p)
> {
> DoSomethingSpecialWithFuncPtr(p);
> }[/color]
Yes. This compiles as-is with most modern compilers,
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>
> but my compiler (Visual C++ 6) won't let me.[/color]
It's time you got out of the pleistocene and got into the
holocene. You can get a better compiler from
www.mingw.org,
www.bloodshed.net, and many other places. (You can even get one
from M$, provided you pay enough.)
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> I know VC6 is lacking in
> support for templates, but I'd like to know if this is even legal
> anyway.[/color]
It's well-formed.
