<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello David,<div><br></div><div>You can simply overload the function with both the pointer and the SmartPointer arguments as was done with the constructor here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.itk.org/SimpleITKDoxygen/html/classitk_1_1simple_1_1Image.html">http://www.itk.org/SimpleITKDoxygen/html/classitk_1_1simple_1_1Image.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Brad</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Jan 7, 2012, at 4:59 PM, David Doria wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>I have a tons functions with this type of signature:<br><br>template <typename TImage>void MyFunction(TImage* image)<br>If I create an image like this:<br><br>typedef itk::Image<int, 2> ImageType;<br>ImageType::Pointer image = ImageType::New();<br><br>And pass it like this:MyFunction(image);<br><br>I get an 'undefined function' error.<br><br>It works if I explicitly specify the template<br>parameter:MyFunction<ImageType>(image);<br><br>It also works if I pass the raw pointer:MyFunction(image.GetPointer());<br>If I change the function parameter to:<br><br>template <typename TImage><br>void MyFunctionSmartPointer(typename TImage::Pointer image)<br><br>again it works if I explicitly specify the template parameter:<br>MyFunctionSmartPointer<ImageType>(image);<br><br>but still doesn't work if I just pass the smart pointer:<br>MyFunctionSmartPointer(image);<br><br>and curiously also doesn't work with the raw pointer:<br>MyFunctionSmartPointer(image.GetPointer());<br><br>Is there anything that can be done to pass a smart pointer to a<br>function and have it automatically deduce the type?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>David<br>_____________________________________<br>Powered by <a href="http://www.kitware.com">www.kitware.com</a><br><br>Visit other Kitware open-source projects at<br><a href="http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html">http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html</a><br><br>Kitware offers ITK Training Courses, for more information visit:<br>http://www.kitware.com/products/protraining.html<br><br>Please keep messages on-topic and check the ITK FAQ at:<br>http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_FAQ<br><br>Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe:<br>http://www.itk.org/mailman/listinfo/insight-users<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>