(C++) 'Container::value\_type' is not a type

Compile error.

Full error message

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/MyFolder/main.cpp:4: error: 'Container::value_type' is not a type /MyFolder/main.cpp:4: error: expected initializer before 'MinElement'

Cause

IDE: Qt Creator 1.3.1

Project type: Qt4 Console Application

Selected required modules: QtCore

Compiler: G++ 4.4.1

Boost version: 1.42.0

 

The following code caused the error:

 

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template <class Container> const Container::value_type::value_type MinElement(const Container& v) { }

 

The following project file was used:

 

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#------------------------------------------------- # # Project created by QtCreator 2010-05-02T08:31:54 # #------------------------------------------------- QT -= gui TARGET = MyProjectName peglib += console peglib -= app_bundle INCLUDEPATH += ../../../boost_1_42_0 TEMPLATE = app SOURCES += main.cpp

Solution

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