template and friend problem

[Rolf Wester]

Hi,

I have some problems with fried declarations in a template class.
The class looks like:

namespace iltVector3
{

template<class T> class Matrix3
{
private:
T m_Mat[3][3];
int m_N;
public:
..
..
..

friend Matrix3<T> operator*(T a, Matrix3<T> & A);
};
}

When compiling with MSVC++6 I get an error message. The error message is
in German, so I try to translate:
f:\pr1\rt3d\src\cpp\ilt_vector3.h(197) : error C2143: Syntax error :
missing ';' ahead of '<'
f:\pr1\rt3d\src\cpp\ilt_vector3.h(199) : See reference to
instantiation of the precompiled class template 'iltVector3::Matrix3<T>'

Line 197 is exactly the line of the friend declaration.

Is my friend declaration wrong? Is it a bug (feature?) of VC++6?
I would be very appreciative for any help.

Regards

Rolf Wester

[Christoph Rabel]

Rolf Wester wrote:

When compiling with MSVC++6 I get an error message. The error message is
in German, so I try to translate:

f:\pr1\rt3d\src\cpp\ilt_vector3.h(197) : error C2143: Syntax error :
missing ';' ahead of '<'
f:\pr1\rt3d\src\cpp\ilt_vector3.h(199) : See reference to
instantiation of the precompiled class template 'iltVector3::Matrix3<T>'

Line 197 is exactly the line of the friend declaration.

Is my friend declaration wrong? Is it a bug (feature?) of VC++6?
I would be very appreciative for any help.

Your code is ok and the snipped compiles fine with VC6. Please post a
minimal example that shows your problem.

Christoph

[John Harrison]

"Christoph Rabel" <od**@hal9000.vc-graz.ac.at> wrote in message
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Rolf Wester wrote:

> When compiling with MSVC++6 I get an error message. The error message is in German, so I try to translate:

f:\pr1\rt3d\src\cpp\ilt_vector3.h(197) : error C2143: Syntax error :
missing ';' ahead of '<'
f:\pr1\rt3d\src\cpp\ilt_vector3.h(199) : See reference to
instantiation of the precompiled class template 'iltVector3::Matrix3<T>'

Line 197 is exactly the line of the friend declaration.

Is my friend declaration wrong? Is it a bug (feature?) of VC++6?
I would be very appreciative for any help.

Your code is ok and the snipped compiles fine with VC6. Please post a
minimal example that shows your problem.

Christoph

Could be a service pack issue, the OP should make sure they have the latest
service pack (service pack 5 I think).

john

[Rolf Wester]

Christoph Rabel wrote:

Your code is ok and the snipped compiles fine with VC6. Please post a
minimal example that shows your problem.

Christoph

Christoph and Jogn thanks a lot for your replies. I don't know what is
different since when I got the posted error message but now it works
fine for me too. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards

Rolf Wester