🚀 go-pugleaf

esap@cs.tut.fi (Pulkkinen Esa) writes:

>template <class T>
>class type_dereferencer<T*>
>{
>public:
>  typedef T base_type;
>};
[...]
>And if typedef templates were allowed, you could use a slightly better
>syntax:
>
>template <class T>
>typedef type_dereferencer<T>::base_type type_dereference;

Can someone please remind me why we decided not to allow typedef templates?
It certainly seems like a bad idea to force everyone to use this silly
obfuscation for what is obviously a common need.

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