let's break up that line you have in the end:
int(*f)(char) = (int(*)(char))foo<char> ;
f('a') ;
it becomes clear that f has a return type of int. So the ambiguity is
resolved...
Anil
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Anil C R <cr.a...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Out of curiosity why would you do something like this?
> Anil
>
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Modeling Expert <
cs.modelingexp...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If we have templatized functions , return type becomes part of
>> function signature ( which is not the case when we have normal non-
>> templatized functions ) , So we can have two functions like these who
>> differ only in return type
>>
>> template<class T> int foo(T)
>> { cout << " this " ; }
>>
>> template<class T> bool foo(T)
>> { cout << " that " ; }
>>
>> Questions is how do I call these functions. If I do like these
>> int k = foo<int>(12) ; it cribbs that this call is ambiguos. How do we
>> avoid this ambiguity ??
>>
>> On googling it I could find one cast which solves this , but I could
>> not understand it fully
>> ((int(*)(char))foo<char>)('a');
>>
>> Can some one explain in simple terms.
>>
>> -Manish
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