Linker probs with template classes

[Jacek Wojdel]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> I had this problem too for a while.  The compiler doesn't always handle
> template instatiation nicely when they are in separate files.  You can solve
> this problem by forward declaring the class in the circularArray.cpp file
> like this:
> 
> template class circularArray<int>;
> template class circularArray<float>;
> template class circularArray<MyClass>;
> etc...
> 
> (I think that's the right syntax.  It might be 'class template' instead. )
> 
> This forces to the compiler to instantiate those class templates in the
> current code module.
> (By the way, Tom Swan's "GNU C++ for Linux" book that was just published is
> very excellent, and covers alot of stuff like this.

There is also description of this issue in the GNU info pages. Just
jump to: gcc -> C++ Extentions ->  Template Instantiation

	Jacek
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