Re: Explicit instanciation of template function

[jalina]

Bernd Strieder a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> jalina wrote:
> > template<typename T>
> > void my_swap(T& v1, T& v2)
>
> >      char i = 'a';
> >      char j = 'b';
>
> >      my_swap(i, j);
> >      my_swap<int>(i, j); // <=  /tmp/tmpl.cc|22| error: no matching
> > function for call to ?my_swap(char&, char&)?
>
> There is no conversion from "char" to "int&". "char" to "char&" is
> possible, "char" to "const int&" is possible via a temporary, but
> my_swap needs "int&".
>
> > Is it a known behavior ? bug in my compiler (gcc 4.1.2, ubuntu) ? ...
> > ?
>
> No C++ compiler may accept it.
>
> Bernd Strieder
Thank you. I get the point.
J.