C2785 and C2912 error in 2003.net VC++

[keppensde]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile the following code with VC++ 2003.net. ( The real code
is a bit different, but I made a small example that does not make sense, but
it shows the problem )
The code compiles ok with the gnu 3.2.3 compiler and seems to be standard
c++ to me.
Apparently there's a bug in VC++, I'm just checking to see if there is
anybody who knows a workaround
Thanks ...

This is the code and the compilation output:

#include "stdafx.h"

template <int I>
struct ReturnType {
};
template<> struct ReturnType<0> { typedef unsigned int Result; };
template<> struct ReturnType<1> { typedef unsigned int Result; };

template <unsigned int I>
inline typename ReturnType<I>::Result ReturnTypeCast(const unsigned int& val)
{
return val;
}

template <>
inline unsigned int ReturnTypeCast<1>(const unsigned int& val)
{
return val;
}

int main()
{
return 0;
}

c:\Projects\BLInstallation\tst\tst.cpp(23) : error C2785:
'ReturnType<I>::Result ReturnTypeCast(const unsigned int &)' and 'unsigned
int ReturnTypeCast(const unsigned int &)' have different return types
c:\Projects\BLInstallation\tst\tst.cpp(14) : see declaration of
'ReturnTypeCast'
c:\Projects\BLInstallation\tst\tst.cpp(20) : see declaration of
'ReturnTypeCast'
c:\Projects\BLInstallation\tst\tst.cpp(23) : error C2912: explicit
specialization; 'unsigned int ReturnTypeCast<1>(const unsigned int &)' is not
a specialization of a function template

[David Lowndes]

>I'm trying to compile the following code with VC++ 2003.net. ( The real code

is a bit different, but I made a small example that does not make sense, but
it shows the problem )
The code compiles ok with the gnu 3.2.3 compiler and seems to be standard
c++ to me.
Apparently there's a bug in VC++, I'm just checking to see if there is
anybody who knows a workaround

FWIW, your code example compiles fine with the VS2005 Beta 1 compiler.

Dave
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