Re: typedef X;

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1 total messages Started by andrewfg Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:48

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Author: andrewfg
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:48

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In article <MATT.95Sep20135311@physics2.Berkeley.EDU> craig@mccabe.com (Craig P. Forbes) writes:
> My understanding is that the typename keyword may only be used in templates
> to identify subtypes of the template parameters, which otherwise can not be
> identified as a type.
> 

I like keywords, but why not just use 'class' here?  It is the existing
idiom.  Even for enums and builtins, it serves the purpose -- that of
resolving the ambiguity -- and D&E says that 'class' is the C++ for 'type'.

A.

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