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C   Template constructor of a inherited class
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

class A{
  public:
    int x;
    int y;
    int first(){
      return x;
    }
    int second(){
      return y;
    }
};

class C{
  public:
    float a,b;
    C(){
      a = 0.0f;
      b = 0.0f;
    }
    template<class T>
      C(T t){
        a = t.first();
        b = t.second();
      }
};

class D: public C{
  public:
    float area(){
      return a*b;
    }
}

int main(){
  A a;
  a.x = 6;
  a.y = 8;
  C c(a);
  D d(a);
  cout<<c.a<<" "<<c.b<<" "<<d.area()<<endl;
}

test.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
test.cpp:56:8: error: no matching function for call to ‘D::D(A&)’
test.cpp:56:8: note: candidates are:
test.cpp:44:7: note: D::D()
test.cpp:44:7: note:   candidate expects 0 arguments, 1 provided
test.cpp:44:7: note: D::D(const D&)
test.cpp:44:7: note:   no known conversion for argument 1 from ‘A’ to ‘const D&’

class D : public C {
public:
    template <typename T> D (T t) : C(t) {}
    float area () { /* ... */ }
};

test.cpp:56:8: error: no matching function for call to ‘D::D(A&)’

D d(a);

test.cpp:44:7: note: D::D()
test.cpp:44:7: note: D::D(const D&)