How do I define a function in a class template?

[Tomás]

template <class T>
class Monkey {

int Eat();
};

int Monkey::Eat()
{
return 5;
}


This won't compile. In what way have I defined the function wrongly? Are
you supposed to write them like this?:

template <class T>
class Monkey {

int Eat();
};

template <class T>
int Monkey<T>::Eat( )
{
return 5;
}


It seems a bit pedantic to me that you have to that...

-Tomás

[Tomás]

Re: How do I define a function in a class template?

[color=blue]
> It seems a bit pedantic to me that you have to that...[/color]


Opps I read over my post there and it sounded like I was being sarcastic.

Really, I want to know how to do this properly.

I'll have to get Bjarne's book out of the library again... I used to know
all this stuff about a year ago!

Any help appreciated.

-Tomás

[Victor Bazarov]

Re: How do I define a function in a class template?

Tomás wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
>>It seems a bit pedantic to me that you have to that...[/color]
>
>
>
> Opps I read over my post there and it sounded like I was being sarcastic.
>
> Really, I want to know how to do this properly.
>
> I'll have to get Bjarne's book out of the library again... I used to know
> all this stuff about a year ago![/color]

You did it right. Your 'Eat' member is _private_ in your class template
'Monkey', so it cannot be used by anybody.

V
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[osmium]

Re: How do I define a function in a class template?

"Tomás" writes:
[color=blue][color=green]
>> It seems a bit pedantic to me that you have to that...[/color]
>
>
> Opps I read over my post there and it sounded like I was being sarcastic.
>
> Really, I want to know how to do this properly.
>
> I'll have to get Bjarne's book out of the library again... I used to know
> all this stuff about a year ago!
>
> Any help appreciated.[/color]

Help doing what? You have a compiler, do you not? Why not try the second
way? If there are problems fix them.. Try adding public:. It not only
looks right, it works for me. What more do you want?