renaming class templates

[Angel Tsankov]

Does anyone know a way to rename a class template other than the inheritance trick:

template< typename t >
class orig
{
};

template< typename t >
class alias : public orig< t >
{
};

 

[Alf P. Steinbach]

* Angel Tsankov:

Does anyone know a way to rename a class template other than the
inheritance trick:

template< typename t >
class orig
{
};

template< typename t >
class alias : public orig< t >
{
};

Yes, you can wait for C++0x introducing template typedef's.

Or you can use a macro, which is dangerous.

Or if the purpose is just to avoid a name clash, you can import the name
in a namespace and use the qualified name.

 

[anubis]

typedef orig<typename t> alias;
maybe?