MS Visual Studio 6.0 compile failure

[AB]

The following code compiles here in strict mode
http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout/
but it does not compile using MS Visual Studio 6.0.
Can anyone offer an explanation?

class Simple
{
public:
template<class T> explicit Simple(T t){}
Simple(const Simple &orig){}
Simple(){}
};

int main()
{
const Simple simpleOne(Simple(1));
return 0;
}

error C2558: class 'Simple' : no copy constructor available

 

[Shezan Baig]

The following code compiles here in strict mode
http://www.comeaucomputing.com/tryitout/
but it does not compile using MS Visual Studio 6.0.
Can anyone offer an explanation?

class Simple
{
public:
template<class T> explicit Simple(T t){}
Simple(const Simple &orig){}
Simple(){}
};

int main()
{
const Simple simpleOne(Simple(1));
return 0;
}

error C2558: class 'Simple' : no copy constructor available

Its pretty well known that MSVC++ 6.0 does not compile templates well.
How about if you change the order of the constructors?

-shez-

 

[Mr X]

Its pretty well known that MSVC++ 6.0 does not compile templates well.
How about if you change the order of the constructors?

-shez-

Thankyou, surprisingly that worked. It will compile so long as the
template is defined after the copy ctor.

 

[Shezan Baig]

Thankyou, surprisingly that worked. It will compile so long as the
template is defined after the copy ctor.

Yes. Compiler bugs are the most annoying

-shez-