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Subject: Re: Template specialization error for "void" template parameter in GCC
From: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.gcc@gmail.com>
To: "himanshu.gupta" <himanshu12.g@tcs.com>
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On 21 September 2011 06:21, himanshu.gupta wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The following code is giving errors while compiling with GCC 4.5.
>
> Foo.h Header File: declaration of template class.
> template<class T>
> class Foo
> {
> =A0 =A0void FooBar() const;
> };
>
> Foo.cpp Source File: explicit definitions for member function of template
> class Foo.
> template<>
> void Foo<void>::FooBar () const
> {
> =A0 =A0do something...
> }
>
> The above explicit function declaration for "void" is giving error...
> error: template-id 'type<>' for 'void Foo<void>::FooBar() const' does not
> match any template declaration
>
> The same explicit function declarations with other types - int, unsigned
> int, etc. compiles successfully. The explicit specialization for "void"
> however seems to only compile without template<> being added. But I belie=
ve
> as per GCC they do require template<>.
>
> Is it an error with GCC for "void" template parameter? Or am I missing
> something with syntax/ GCC compile option?

It looks as though you've forgotten to #include "Foo.h"