Cryptic template template parameter error

c++, c++11, templates, typename, types

Solution

The problem is that `std::map` and `std::unordered_map` are not in fact templates with two parameters. They are:

namespace std {
    template <class Key, class T, class Compare = less<Key>,
              class Allocator = allocator<pair<const Key, T>>>
    class map;

    template <class Key, class T, class Hash = hash<Key>,
              class Pred = equal_to<Key>,
              class Allocator = allocator<pair<const Key, T>>>
    class unordered_map;
}

Here's something similar that does work:

template <typename K, typename... TArgs, template<typename...> class TContainer>
std::vector<K> getKeys(const TContainer<K, TArgs...>& mMap)
{
    std::vector<K> result;
    for (auto&& p : mMap)
        result.push_back(p.first);
    return result;
}

The version I would prefer:

template <typename Container>
auto getKeys2(const Container& mMap) -> std::vector<typename Container::key_type>
{
    std::vector<typename Container::key_type> result;
    for (auto&& p : mMap)
        result.push_back(p.first);
    return result;
}

A demo program using both functions: http://ideone.com/PCkcu6

Problem

I'm trying to create a function that gets the keys from a `std::map` or an `std::unordered_map`. I could use a simple overload, but first I'd love to know what's wrong with this code. ``` template<typename K, typename V, template<typename, typename> class TContainer> std::vector<K> getKeys(const TContainer<K, V>& mMap) { std::vector<K> result; for(const auto& itr(std::begin(mMap)); itr != std::end(mMap); ++itr) result.push_back(itr->first); return result; } ``` When calling it with an `std::unordered_map`, even specifying all template typenames manually, clang++ 3.4 says: template template argument has different template parameters than its corresponding template template parameter.

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