Hi,

 Is there a good reason why this code compiles and when I switch the 2
constructors it doesn't? (I'm using Visual C++ 5.0).

This compiles:

template <class T>
class Try
{
public :
 template <class S>
  Try (const Try<S> & t){ _a = (T)t._a ;_b = (T)t._b;}

  Try(const Try<T> &t) : _a(t._a), _b(t._b) {}

 T _a;
 T _b;
};


This doesn't:

template <class T>
class Try
{
public :
  Try(const Try<T> &t) : _a(t._a), _b(t._b) {}

  template <class S>
  Try (const Try<S> & t){ _a = (T)t._a ;_b = (T)t._b;}

 T _a;
 T _b;
};

It says:

error C2535: 'Try::Try(const class Try &)' : member function already
defined or declared

Is this correct or is this a compiler bug?

Thanx Adi.
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Adi Shavit writes:

>  Is there a good reason why this code compiles and when I switch the 2
> constructors it doesn't? (I'm using Visual C++ 5.0).

Yes, MS-VC++ 5.0 is broken :-)

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