Doubt on Templates

[edu.mvk]

Hi Friends,

I have subscribed to this group recently. I have a doubt in templates
in C++

A fraction of code given in "The C++ Programming Language" -By
B.Stroustrup is as follows :

template<class T, int i> class Buffer {

T v[i];
int sz;

public :
Buffer() : sz(i) { }
//......
};

i couldn't understand the statement

" Buffer() : sz(i) { } "

can u please describe the statement for me ...... please......

Thanks.

[benben]

edu.mvk wrote:

Hi Friends,

I have subscribed to this group recently. I have a doubt in templates
in C++

A fraction of code given in "The C++ Programming Language" -By
B.Stroustrup is as follows :

template<class T, int i> class Buffer {

T v[i];
int sz;

public :
Buffer() : sz(i) { }
//......
};

i couldn't understand the statement

" Buffer() : sz(i) { } "
That :sz(i) part initializes member sz with i.

can u please describe the statement for me ...... please......

Thanks.

[Sunil Varma]

edu.mvk wrote:

Hi Friends,

I have subscribed to this group recently. I have a doubt in templates
in C++

A fraction of code given in "The C++ Programming Language" -By
B.Stroustrup is as follows :

template<class T, int i> class Buffer {

T v[i];
int sz;

public :
Buffer() : sz(i) { }
//......
};

i couldn't understand the statement

" Buffer() : sz(i) { } "

can u please describe the statement for me ...... please......

Thanks.

In the above template class declaration the variable i in the syntax
<class T, int i>
is called non-type argument.
These are constant variables with in the class.
coming to your doubt

Buffer() : sz(i) { }

the value sz is initialized to the value of i.

Regards
Sunil

[Sunil Varma]

edu.mvk wrote:

Hi Friends,

I have subscribed to this group recently. I have a doubt in templates
in C++

A fraction of code given in "The C++ Programming Language" -By
B.Stroustrup is as follows :

template<class T, int i> class Buffer {

T v[i];
int sz;

public :
Buffer() : sz(i) { }
//......
};

i couldn't understand the statement

" Buffer() : sz(i) { } "

can u please describe the statement for me ...... please......

Thanks.

In the above template class declaration the variable i in the syntax
<class T, int i>
is called non-type argument.
These are constant variables with in the class.
coming to your doubt

Buffer() : sz(i) { }

the value sz is initialized to the value of i.

Regards
Sunil

[Sunil Varma]

Sunil Varma wrote:

edu.mvk wrote:

Hi Friends,

I have subscribed to this group recently. I have a doubt in templates
in C++

A fraction of code given in "The C++ Programming Language" -By
B.Stroustrup is as follows :

template<class T, int i> class Buffer {

T v[i];
int sz;

public :
Buffer() : sz(i) { }
//......
};

i couldn't understand the statement

" Buffer() : sz(i) { } "

can u please describe the statement for me ...... please......

Thanks.

In the above template class declaration the variable i in the syntax
<class T, int i>
is called non-type argument.
These are constant variables with in the class.
coming to your doubt

Buffer() : sz(i) { }

the value sz is initialized to the value of i.

Regards
Sunil

Sorry for the re-post.

[Tomás]

edu.mvk posted:

" Buffer() : sz(i) { } "

Your query isn't to do with templates -- it's to do with classes in
general.
What you see above is a contructor initialisation list. It's explained in
the newsgroup FAQ.
-Tomás