Avoid typename repetition in template specialization

[Frank Winter <frank.winter@desy.de>]

Dear all,

suppose a templated class:

template< typename T >
struct A {
 	const T& some_function( const T& )
 	T i[10];
};

and a specialization for some type, say
PSpinVector< PColorVector< RComplex<REAL64>, Nc>, Ns >:

template<>
struct A<PSpinVector< PColorVector< RComplex<REAL64>, Nc>, Ns > > {
 	const PSpinVector< PColorVector< RComplex<REAL64>, Nc>, Ns >& 
some_function( const PSpinVector< PColorVector< RComplex<REAL64>, Nc>, Ns 
>& )
 	PSpinVector< PColorVector< RComplex<REAL64>, Nc>, Ns > i[10];
};

Is there a way to avoid the redundant typing of the specialized typename 
in the template specialization?

I know, using templates would exactly avoid this. But I really need 
this kind of specialization to specialize the some_function

I would not like to use the preprocessor. Like:

#define PSpinVector< PColorVector< RComplex<REAL64>, Nc>, Ns > T
template<>
struct A<T> {
 	public:
 	const T& some_function( const T& )
 	T i[10];
}
#undef T


Isn't there a template-way of doing this?


Best regards,
Frank Winter


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