Struct with template variables in C++

I'm playing around with templates. I'm not trying to reinvent the std::vector, I'm trying to get a grasp of templateting in C++.

Can I do the following?

template <typename T>
typedef struct{
size_t x;
T *ary;
}array;

What I'm trying to do is a basic templated version of:

typedef struct{
size_t x;
int *ary;
}iArray;

It looks like it's working if I use a class instead of struct, so is it not possible with typedef structs?

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template <typename T>
struct array {
size_t x;
T *ary;
};
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You don't need to do an explicit typedef for classes and structs. What do you need the typedef for? Further, the typedef after a template<...> is syntactically wrong. Simply use:

template <class T>
struct array {
size_t x;
T *ary;
} ;
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The problem is you can't template a typedef, also there is no need to typedef structs in C++.

The following will do what you need

template <typename T>
struct array {
size_t x;
T *ary;
};
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You can template a struct as well as a class. However you can't template a typedef. So template<typename T> struct array {...}; works, but template<typename T> typedef struct {...} array; does not. Note that there is no need for the typedef trick in C++ (you can use structs without the struct modifier just fine in C++).

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The Standard says (at 14/3. For the non-standard folks, the names following a class definition body (or the type in a declaration in general) are "declarators")

In a template-declaration, explicit specialization, or explicit instantiation the init-declarator-list in the dec-laration shall contain at most one declarator. When such a declaration is used to declare a class template, no declarator is permitted.

Do it like Andrey shows.

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The syntax is wrong. The typedef should be removed.

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From the other answers, the problem is that you're templating a typedef. The only "way" to do this is to use a templated class; ie, basic template metaprogramming.

template<class T> class vector_Typedefs {
/*typedef*/ struct array { //The typedef isn't necessary
size_t x;
T *ary;
};


//Any other templated typedefs you need. Think of the templated class like something
// between a function and namespace.
}


//An advantage is:
template<> class vector_Typedefs<bool>
{
struct array {
//Special behavior for the binary array
}
}
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Looks like @monkeyking is trying it to make it more obvious code as shown below

template <typename T>
struct Array {
size_t x;
T *ary;
};


typedef Array<int> iArray;
typedef Array<float> fArray;

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