Kristian, Are you asking if there is a way for the compiler to make note of aninternal linkage and instantiation in one file and translate that toanother file? I think that you'll find scoping rules will limit this. Thedeclaration and sometimes definition needs to be visible at the timeof instantiation. A basic example is section 14.7 paragraph 6 of the specification: If an implicit instantiation of a class template specialization isrequired and the template is declared but notdefined, the program is ill-formed. [Example:template<class T> class X; X<char> ch; // error: definition of X required—end example] Paragraph 3 gives examples for required method instantiations. corey On 7/25/05, Kristian Kratzenstein <kristian.kratzenstein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:> Hi Eljay,> > Nearly as I thought. But : When the template method / function is used in> the related cpp file, then the Linker could link from other files to the> same function (with same type).> Therefor I use a dummyfunction.> > The problem now is, that CW and VC preserve the methods during compiling.> gcc now optimize them away (small, like GetBuffer or so), so they run in> the file, but cannot be linked.> > So, is there a way to get those methods preserved, so I could link to them> ?> > I know, the best is : into the Headers. But I made template classes> (some), which are based on each other. Cause the size, I would like to> have them in cpp / h file. Also this looks more clean.> > Kind regards> > Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay@xxxxxxxxx> on Montag, 25. Juli 2005 at 17:32> +0100 wrote:> >Hi Kristian,> >> >Non-specialized template functions and methods need to be defined in the> >header file which declares them.> >> >Otherwise they are only visible to the translation unit in which they are> >defined.> >> >HTH,> >--Eljay> >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------> Kristian Kratzenstein> Gettorf> > Kristian.Kratzenstein@xxxxxxxxxxx> --------------------------------------------> > >
