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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> One solution would be to put the implementation of doit in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> header</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> and make it inline.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Is there a better way?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Wait for the export keyword to be implemented ;)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>What I do, which is slightly better, but only a variation on</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>this, is to have a separate object file, where I instanciate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>these templates.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>eg, if I have the template foo, which I know I use with int,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>vector<float> and bool, I will create a file called, say,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>foo_instances:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>#include "foo.h"</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>#include "foo.cpp"</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>template class foo<int>;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>template class foo<vector<float> >;</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>template class foo<bool>;</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>This is the only file that has access to the foo.cpp file,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>so it's a bit cleaner (though not much at all).</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>HTH</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Vincent Penquerc'h </FONT>
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