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jonathan.k.armstrong@cdev.com (J. Karl Armstrong) wrote:

> Is there any reason why template typedefs are not allowed? Something like:
> 
> template <class T>
> typedef T *GeneralPointer;
> 
> GeneralPointer<int> iptr;
> 
> Trivial example, I know, but there are reasons I would like this.

I would find this convenient as well, but it's easy to get this
functionality in a slightly different way (and perhaps this is the reason
that it isn't supported directly?):

template <class T> struct foo {
    typedef T * GeneralPointer;
};

foo<T>::GeneralPointer iptr;

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