Re: template default argument bug?

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From: Edward Chew
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 17:22

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Howard Hinnant wrote:

> I think you've found a bug in Bjarne's book.  I looked through his 
> errata and didn't see this issue already listed.  If you contact him 
> with this information and if you are indeed the first to report it, then 
> I'm sure he will be very grateful.

What?  My C++ Bible has failed me?  Say it isn't so!  ;-)  I wonder how 
may editions this affects?  This is the one I have:

The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition
Bjarn Stroustrup
Copyright 2000 by AT&T
ISBN 0-201-70073-5

The offending example was in section 13.4.1 (page 340).

Why do you suppose they don't allow default arguments in template 
functions anyway?  They would certainly be useful.

Ah well, so how about this one?  If I instantiate something along the lines:

	TB<int,TA<int>> b;

I get "Error: illegal template argument(s)".  This error vanishes if I 
add one space like so:

	TB<int,TA<int> > b;

Is this a compiler bug or another quirk in C++ (again, I am using CW 8.3)?

-Ted

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