[Mingw-users] Re: Templatre Specialization

[Thomas T. <tho...@ya...>]

<Joe...@ao...> wrote:

> I am trying to play around with templates and 
> partial template specialization.  Here is the code 
> and results:
> 

[code and error messages snipped]
 
> My question is, what am I doing wrong?  I thought 
> template functions supported partial template 
> specialization.  Maybe I am wrong.

First, please post in plain text, not html.

Second, as you guessed, you are wrong.  Standard C++
does not permit function template partial
specialization.  Here's a link to a Herb Sutter
article that discusses the issue:  

http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill17.htm

If you want partial specialization, you need to use
class templates, not function templates.

This isn't a MinGW issue of course, it's just C++.

Best regards,

Tom
















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