Question

There is a structure TOut containing inner structure TIn:

template <typename T>
struct TOut
{
    struct TIn
    {
            bool b;
    };

    TIn in;
T t;
};

How to correctly pass TIn in as a formal parameter of some method?

class Test
{
public:
    template <typename T>
    static void test ( const TOut<T>::TIn &i) {} //Error
};


int main()
{
TOut <double> o;
Test::test(o.in);
}

The program compiles with the following error:

Error   4   error C2998: 'int test' : cannot be a template definition

Answer 1

You need to use the typename keyword:

template <typename T>
static void test ( const typename TOut<T>::TIn &i) {}

See Where and why do I have to put the "template" and "typename" keywords?