Template copy constructor

[Stolle]

I have HashTable& operator=(const HashTable& aTable);

template <typename HashElement>
HashTable& HashTable<HashElement>::operator=(const HashTable& aTable)
{
/*Do the copy thing*/
 return *this;
}

It should be a run-able function in my opinion

HashTable<EngWord> hashTable;
HashTable<EngWord> hashTableA;
hashTableA = hashTable;

But it dosn't like the

**HashTable&** HashTable<HashElement>::operator=(const HashTable& aTable)
The error messages is "HashTable: super of class template requires template argument list and HashTable<HashElement>::operation=':unable to match function definition to an existing declaration

On what I've seen on the internet it should be the way I've written

[Zhuge]

You parameter aTable on line 2 of the operator=() is a HashTable... but a HashTable of what? You haven't specified.

[Stolle]

But the HashTable is a template and will be EngWord, as HashTable<EngWord> hashTable;

[Peter87]

The template argument is not implicit for the return type when defining it outside the class template definition.

template <typename HashElement>
HashTable<HashElement>& HashTable<HashElement>::operator=(const HashTable& aTable)
{
/*Do the copy thing*/
 return *this;
}