Failing to use stl containers in templated functions/classes?

You need to use the typename keyword because the std::vector::iterator type is dependent on the template parameter.

I agree it is confusing. Without the typename keyword, the name would be considered a static member. The book C++ Templates by Vandevoorde and Josuttis explains this in detail.

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