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Matthew
Matthew

Reputation: 25

Template Function Parameter

edit: Solved. Was just a stupid order of definition mistake....

So I have a function that looks like this, in the header of a class called Action:

template <class Attacker, class Defender>
static int attack_result (Attacker A, Defender D) {
    //<snip>

    if (random(100) < res)
        return 1;

    //etc.
}

And I get this when compiling:

error: there are no arguments to 'random' that depend on a template parameter, so a declaration of 'random' must be available note: (if you use '-fpermissive', G++ will accept your code, but allowing the use of an undeclared name is deprecated)

The function random() is declared in a static class called Global like this:

extern float random(int);

I'm calling Action::attack_result(...) from classes called NPC and Player, both of which are derived from a class called Creature. I don't think that's vital information, but I'll mention it in case it is. The parameters for Action::attack_result are both of Creature class.

I get why this error is being thrown, but I'm not sure how to fix it. I tried declaring Global in the Action header, I tried messing around with the keyword "using"...I can't go like this:

if (this->random(100) < res)

Because I get the following error (Creature, NPC, Player are static [and must be]):

error: 'this' is unavailable for static member functions

Going Global::random(100) does not work either:

error: incomplete type 'Global' used in nested name specifier

Any help would be very useful.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 931

Answers (1)

sashang
sashang

Reputation: 12184

Sounds like random is in the Gloabl namespace so you need to call it like this Global::random.

Upvotes: 1

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