declare template friend function of template class
You need a few forward declarations:
template <typename T>
class Obj;
template <typename T>
Obj<T> make_obj(T t);
template <typename T>
class Obj {
private:
T & t;
Obj (T & t) : t(t) { }
Obj() = delete;
friend Obj make_obj<T>(T t);
};
template <typename T>
Obj<T> make_obj(T t) {
return Obj<T>(t);
}
live example
And BTW: I don't think you really want T & t;
for your class' member variable. Probably T t;
is a better choice ;)
With the automatic return type syntax, you only need to forward declare the function and everything works. Here is an example
template <typename T>
auto make_obj(T t);
template <typename T>
class Obj {
private:
T & t;
Obj (T & t) : t(t) { }
Obj() = delete;
friend auto make_obj<T>(T t);
};
template <typename T>
auto make_obj(T t) {
return Obj<T>{t};
}
int main() {
make_obj(1);
return 0;
}
https://ideone.com/3k86gx