How to access hidden template in unnamed namespace?
- by Johannes Schaub - litb
Here is a tricky situation, and i wonder what ways there are to solve it
namespace {
template <class T>
struct Template { /* ... */ };
}
typedef Template<int> Template;
Sadly, the Template typedef interferes with the Template template in the unnamed namespace. When you try to do Template<float> in the global scope, the compiler raises an ambiguity error between the template name and the typedef name.
You don't have control over either the template name or the typedef-name. Now I want to know whether it is possible to:
Create an object of the typedefed type Template (i.e Template<int>) in the global namespace.
Create an object of the type Template<float> in the global namespace.
You are not allowed to add anything to the unnamed namespace. Everything should be done in the global namespace.
This is out of curiosity because i was wondering what tricks there are for solving such an ambiguity. It's not a practical problem i hit during daily programming.
