From: Vishal Subramanyam <me@vishalsubramanyam.ml>
To: "gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org" <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Not able to declare a template friend function inside a template class
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 15:44:47 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <MA1PR0101MB1559E4D9F4C580E7DE13C640B50E9@MA1PR0101MB1559.INDPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> (raw)
Hey,
I'm trying to declare a function template as a friend for a class which is already a template.
So the situation is something like,
Fraction.h:
template<typename T>
class Fraction{
...
friend Fraction<T> operator + (Fraction<T> const &a, Fraction<T> const &b);
}
Fraction.cpp:
template<typename T>
Fraction<T> operator+(Fraction<T> const &a, Fraction<T> const &b) {
Fraction<T> frac(a.num * b.den + b.num * a.den, a.den * b.den);
return frac;
}
But I'm getting the following warning:
warning: friend declaration ‘Fraction<T> operator+(const Fraction<T>&, const Fraction<T>&)’ declares a non-template function [-Wnon-template-friend]
Now, if I try to fix this by declaring my friend function as a template inside the class, following the example given in https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/friend
(Section: Template Friend Operators, second example), my code would then look like:
Fraction.h
template<typename T>
class Fraction{
...
friend Fraction<T> operator + <>(Fraction<T> const &a, Fraction<T> const &b);
}
I'm getting three related errors that say:
error: declaration of ‘operator+’ as non-function
error: expected ‘;’ at end of member declaration
error: expected unqualified-id before ‘<’ token
I'm not sure what the issue is considering I'm following the exact syntax given in cppreference.com. Is this a compiler issue? How do I resolve this?
Thanks,
Vishal Subramanyam (20CS10081)
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