Problem - Class containing template functions

Question

Hi everyone,
I've written a simple class (not template), containing one template functions, like te following one:
class MyClass
public:
template <typename T>
typename T::_ptr_type DoSomeThing(int a, int b);
When I am within a function and I need to call DoSomeThing, I have no problems if I declare a local variable of class MyClass, but I get the following compilation error:
Error: Unexpected type name "ThirdClass" encountered
when I use a pointer or a reference to MyClass that is declared elsewhere in the code.
The following is a sample code that returns me an error:
int OtherClass::MyFunc()
m_pMyClass->DoSomeThing<ThirdClass>(10, 20);
In the above function m_pMyClass is a member variable of OtherClass pointing to an instance of MyClass and ThirdClass is a valid class name (visible to the function).
Does anyone know why I got the error ?
Thank you,
Massimo

Answer 1

You need to use the syntax:
m_pMyClass->template DoSomeThing<ThirdClass>(10, 20);
Really, exactly like I wrote it ;)
Josh