So I'm trying to include two friend declarations for the input and output operator in a template class but every time I compile the code it doesn't seem to recognize the operator. here is my header file.
ERROR:Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State Error LNK2019 unresolved external symbol "class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits > & __cdecl operator<<(class std::basic_ostream<char,struct std::char_traits > &,class Screen<5,5> &)" (??6@YAAAV?$basic_ostream@DU?$char_traits@D@std@@@std@@AAV01@AAV?$Screen@$04$04@@@Z) referenced in function _main
It seems to be a linking error.
Screen.h
#include<string>
#include<iostream>
template<std::string::size_type, std::string::size_type>
class Screen;
template<std::string::size_type w, std::string::size_type h>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&,Screen<w, h>&);
template<std::string::size_type w,std::string::size_type h>
class Screen{
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, Screen&);
public:
Screen()=default;
Screen(const char str=' '):content(w*h,str){}
Screen& set(char);
Screen& set(std::string::size_type,std::string::size_type,char);
char get() const {return content[cursor];}
inline char get(std::string::size_type,std::string::size_type)const;
Screen& move(std::string::size_type,std::string::size_type);
Screen& display(std::ostream& os) { os<<content; return *this; }
private:
//void do_display(std::ostream& os) const { os << content; }
std::string::size_type cursor=0;
std::string content;
};
//MEMBER FUNCTIONS
template<std::string::size_type w,std::string::size_type h>
inline Screen<w,h>& Screen<w,h>::set(char c){
content[cursor] =c;
return *this;
}
template<std::string::size_type w,std::string::size_type h>
inline Screen<w,h>& Screen<w,h>::set(std::string::size_type r,std::string::size_type col,char ch){
content[r*w+col]=ch;
return *this;
}
template<std::string::size_type w,std::string::size_type h>
inline Screen<w,h>& Screen<w,h>::move(std::string::size_type r,std::string::size_type c){
cursor = r + w + c;
return *this;
}
template<std::string::size_type w,std::string::size_type h>
inline char Screen<w,h>::get(std::string::size_type r,std::string::size_type c)const{
return content[r*w+c];
}
//OS OPERATOR
template<std::string::size_type w, std::string::size_type h>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, Screen<w, h>& item) {
os << item.content;
return os;
}
here is my main cpp file
main.cpp
#include"Screen.h"
#include<string>
#include<iostream>
using std::cout; using std::endl;
using std::string;
int main(){
Screen<5,5> myScreen('X');
myScreen.move(4, 0).set('#').display(cout);
cout << endl;
myScreen.display(cout);
cout << endl;
cout << myScreen << endl;
}
I noticed that the problem could be fixed by including the friend declaration and the function definition inside the class body but I don't want to dot it this way.
public:
... other code
template<std::string::size_type w, std::string::size_type h>
friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, Screen<w, h>& item) {
os << item.content;
return os;
}
This confused me and I'm trying to understand why it works this way but not the other way, and I also noticed that when I include the friend declaration like this
friend std::ostream& operator<<<w,h>(std::ostream&, Screen&);
it seems to work but it gives me a warning letting know me know that the function definition for the operator is not found, and that confused me even more.This problem is from c++ primer 5th edition chapter 16 problem 15
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