Article ID: 130546
Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.1
This article was previously published under Q130546
SYMPTOMS
Compiling a program that includes a class template that makes an explicit reference to the destructor of the template argument <type_name> generates the following errors if the class template is instantiated with a simple type:
RESOLUTION
The Annotated C++ Reference Manual (Jan '94), section 12.4 contains the following example:
int* p;
/ ...
p->int::~int();
But this syntax is not supported by Visual C++, even through a typeddef or template type. The only workaround is to remove the explicit call to the destructor.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ version 4.0.
MORE INFORMATION
Sample Code to Demonstrate Problem
// Compile options needed: none
template<class Item>
class classX {
public:
void funcX();
Item* cpR;
};
template<class Item>
void classX<Item>::funcX() {
cpR->Item::~Item();
};
template classX<int>;
REFERENCES
For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
129132 BUG: Can't Use Simple Type in Explicit Call of a Destructor
130547 BUG: C2300 on Explicit Destructor Call in Class Template
Additional query words: 9.00 9.10 Intrinsic
Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvc400fix kbcpponly kbcompiler KB130546
