Compilable Recursive Data Structure ( was: Recursive data structure using template won't compile)

[Nick Sabalausky]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 20:57:42 +0000 (UTC)
Manfred Nowak <svv1999 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Rob T wrote:
> 
> > What is happening however, is that the templates are not doing
> > what would be expected if the type was introduced manually
> 
> The expectations might be wrong.
> 
> With Templates one is able to introduce recursive definitions of
> types into the type system. As with recursive functions, the feedom,
> thereby generated, can introduce relaxation as well as strain.
> 

One is indeed *able* to do that with templates, but the OP never
actually did so, so I really don't see the relevance.