Best alternative to a typedef for a function template?

Question

What I\'d like to do is something like this:

template 
DataType myFunc(DataType in)
{
   ...
}

typedef myFunc myFunc_i;

myFunc         


        

Answer 1

Some may disagree, some may jerk their knees against this, but consider this option:

#define myFunc_i myFunc

As far as macros go, this one is quite safe; the only danger is that someone could redefine or undefine it later.

Aside from that, it has all the advantages of auto const myFunc = myFunc;. If you want auto but don't want to use C++0x features yet, this is a more portable way to achieve the same effect.