23. Templates

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• Introduction and Overview

• A Simple String Template

Defining a Template; Template Instantiation

• Type Checking

Type Equivalence; Error Detection

• Class Template Members

Data Members; Member Functions; Member Type Aliases; static Members; Member Types; Member Templates; Friends

• Function Templates

Function Template Arguments; Function Template Argument Deduction; Function Template Overloading

• Template Aliases

• Source Code Organization

Linkage

• Advice

23.1. Introduction and Overview

Templates provide direct support for generic programming (§3.4) in the form of programming using types as parameters. The C++ template mechanism allows a type or a value to be a parameter in the definition of ...

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