Possible Inheritance Scope Issue: - c++

Question

I have an Array class that is inheriting from BaseArray class. In BaseArray, I have the protected member variables data_ and cur_size_. The Array class introduces a resize function. The problem I am encountering is that none of the protected member variables from BaseArray are seeming to be accessed in the resize function.
EDIT: Solved the max_size_ problem, but the cur_size_ and data_ file persists
Inheritance? Scope? Help?
The Error:
In file included from Array.h:41:0,
from driver.cpp:6:
Array.cpp: In member function ‘void Array<T>::resize(size_t)’:
Array.cpp:29:5: error: ‘data_’ was not declared in this scope
data_=data_;
^
Array.cpp:30:18: error: ‘cur_size_’ was not declared in this scope
if (new_size>cur_size_)
^
Array.cpp:37:5: error: ‘cur_size_’ was not declared in this scope
cur_size_=new_size;
^
The Code:
BaseArray.h:
#ifndef _BASEARRAY_H_
#define _BASEARRAY_H_
#include <cstring>
template <typename T>
class BaseArray
{
public:
/// Type definition of the element type.
typedef T type;
//constructors, destructor and methods…
protected:
/// Pointer to the actual data. m
char * data_;
/// Current size of the BaseArray.
size_t cur_size_;
};
#include "BaseArray.inl"
#include "BaseArray.cpp"
#endif // !defined _BASEARRAY_H_
Array.h:
#ifndef _ARRAY_H_
#define _ARRAY_H_
#include <cstring>
#include "BaseArray.h"
template <typename T>
class Array: public BaseArray<T> //inheriting from BaseArray
{
public:
/// Type definition of the element type.
typedef T type;
/// Default constructor.
Array (void);
Array (const Array & arr);
/// Destructor.
~Array (void);
const Array & operator = (const Array & rhs);
void resize (size_t new_size);
private:
size_t max_size_; //introduces max_size
};
#include "Array.inl"
#include "Array.cpp"
#endif // !defined _ARRAY_H_
Array.cpp:
#include "BaseArray.h"
#include "Array.h"
#include <stdexcept>
#include <iostream>
template <typename T>
Array <T>::Array (void): BaseArray<T>()
{
std::cout<<"Array def const called"<<std::endl;
}
template <typename T>
Array <T>::Array (const Array & array): BaseArray<T>(array)
{
}
template <typename T>
Array <T>::~Array (void)
{
}
template <typename T>
void Array <T>::resize (size_t new_size)
{
this->data_= this->data_;
if (new_size>this->cur_size_)
{
max_size_ = new_size-this->cur_size_-1;
this->cur_size_=new_size;
for (max_size_; max_size_<=new_size; max_size_++)
this->data_[max_size_]=0;
}
this->cur_size_=new_size;
}
/* Also tried it like this:
template <typename T>
void Array <T>::resize (size_t new_size)
{
BaseArray<T>::data_= BaseArray<T>::data_;
if (new_size>BaseArray<T>::cur_size_)
{
max_size_ = new_size-BaseArray<T>::cur_size_-1;
BaseArray<T>::cur_size_=new_size;
for (max_size_; max_size_<=new_size; max_size_++)
BaseArray<T>::data_[max_size_]=0;
}
BaseArray<T>::cur_size_=new_size;
} */

Answer 1

regarding the first error, you have no max_size() member declared in Array.
regarding the second error, name lookup in templates follows a two stage logic, where non dependent expressions are looked up at definition point, whereas dependent expressions are looked up at instantiation point;
This means that when the compiler sees data_ it thinks it's a variable located somewhere else; at best, it won't find it giving you an error, at worst, it will give you the wrong variable !
In order to solve the problem, you need to make that a dependent expression, the most obvious way being replacing all data_ with this->data_, etc...
regarding your code organization, define your templates into a single header file; if you really want to split member implementations place them in a single file with a sensible file extension ( inl is ok, cpp is not )...