missing ';' before '*'

[fusi0n423]

I'm working on a lineEditor class (doubly linked list) and I'm switching it from using std::string to a template but I keep getting:
lineeditor.cpp(33) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before '*'
when compiling. The code is:

template <class T>
int lineEditor<T>::getSize() {
	return maxLineCount;
}

template <class T>
node* lineEditor<T>::at(int n) { //error on this line
	fixLine(n);//makes sure number provided is valid
	node *curr;
	curr = this->head;
	for(int i = 1; i < n; i++)
		curr = curr->next;
	return curr;
}

and the header declaration is:

template <class T>
class lineEditor {
	struct node {
	public:
		node *pre;// previous node, NULL if first node
		node *next;// next node, NULL is last node
		T data;
	};
public:
	// constructors
	lineEditor(void);
	lineEditor(T);
	~lineEditor(void);
	// my functions
	void fixLine(int &);
	int getSize();
	node* at(int);
etc...

Any clue why this is happening? Thanks in advance.

[Duoas]

Are you sure all your class declarations end with ';'?

Does your node class in any way depend on T?

Without more code I can't help further. Sorry.

[fusi0n423]

I included the node struct in the header file it uses T data; and I'm sure all the semi colons are correct. I thought maybe i was missing one somewhere else but no matter where i move the at function it always goes to that line. I'm just switching it from a doubly linked list of strings to a template. I can't post anymore code really as its a school project, everyone else is just using string but my prof asked me to switch to template.

[Duoas]

Well, the best I can guess is that node is an incomplete type because it depends on T.

You'll have to ask your professor for more help.

[fusi0n423]

I finally figured it out...node is fine. I just had to replace:

template <class T>
node* lineEditor::at(int n) {
...
}

with:

template <class T>
typename lineEditor<T>::node* lineEditor<T>::at(int n) {
...
}

We haven't done anything with typename yet but I was able to find the solution by searching for C2143 on msdn. Thanks for trying.

[Duoas]

Heh, well, at least you figured it out, even if you aren't aware that the solution is exactly as I predicted.