How to declare an extern array of template class objects with a forward declared template class in C++?

Question

Consider the following existing code (which compiles and executes as expected):

/* File foo.h */

extern const struct Foo bar[]; /* Definition in foo.cpp */

struct Foo
{
    Foo(int i) : Foo(bar[i]) {}
    int x;
};

I now want to change Foo to a template class, such that:

template <typename T>
struct Foo
{
    Foo(int i) : Foo(bar[i]) {}
    T x;
};

How do I need to declare extern const struct Foo bar[] now so that the code will compile?

flogram_dev · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-05 05:26:37Z

1

template <typename T>
struct Foo;

extern const Foo<int> bar[];

template <typename T>
struct Foo
{
    Foo(int i) : Foo(bar[i]) {}
    T x;
};

answered Feb 5, 2015 at 5:26

flogram_dev

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