I'm trying to write a library where I have some templated functions, some of which are helper functions so I don't want my users to have access to them. Some basic code might be
//mylib.h
namespace myfuncs
{
template
void helper (T input, int extrainformation)
{
//do some usefull things
}
template
void dostuff(T input)
{
int someinfo=4;
helper(input, someinfo);
}
}
Is it possible to somehow hide the helper function so that users of the library can't call it directly? I had thought an unnamed namespace might do the job but because I'm using templates I can't split the function declaration and body between a header and implementation file. Putting the unnamed namespace in a header file is of no use and bad style. The only thing I can think to do is create a mylib
class and encapsulate the functions as private/public static functions.
Any better solutions would be much appreciated.
Phil
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