[LC++]Templated class definition in function body - not allowed?

[Dr Mark H Phillips]

Hi,

It is legal to define a class locally in the body of a function.
But when I try to do the same, but with some template parameters,
the compiler complains with:

parsing.h:264: parse error before `template'
parsing.h:267: `T2' undeclared (first use this function)
parsing.h:267: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
parsing.h:267: for each function it appears in.)
parsing.h:268: `T3' undeclared (first use this function)
parsing.h:269: `T1' undeclared (first use this function)
etc

Is it simply that template classes defined inside a function are
illegal?  Or is it that g++ hasn't implemented them yet?  Or am I
doing something wrong?

The class I was trying to define was:

    template<typename T1, typename T2, typename T3>
    struct ScopeExitCodeObject {
      T1 const& token;
      T2 const& from;
      T3 const& ret;
      ScopeExitCodeObject(T1 const& x1_, T2 const& x2_, T3 const& x3_):
	  token(x1_), from(x2_), ret(x3_) {}
      ~ScopeExitCodeObject() {
	if (moat::verb>>16) {
	  moat::logm<<"\nexiting  getToken(int&, std::string&)\n"<<flush;
	  moat::logm
	    <<"  first param:  \""<<token<<"\"\n"
	    <<"  second param: \""<<from<<"\"\n"
	    <<"  returning:     "<<ret<<endl;
	  moat::logm<<"And that, said Tiger, is that!\n"<<flush;
	}
      }
    } scopeExitCodeObject(token, from, ret);

Cheers,

Mark.

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Dr Mark H Phillips
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