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From: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage)
Subject: Re: template members in non-template classes?
Date: 1995/06/04
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clerc@gla.ecoledoc.ibp.fr writes:

>In D&E, Stroustrup discusses template members
>using such an example (Shape class). The example
>uses a virtual template member. I take it from
>the WP that virtual template members are not allowed.

Correct. The compiler can't know when compiling the definition
what different instantiations of a virtual funciton
there will eventually be.

>But are template members in non-template classes allowed ?

Yes. But I don't know of any compilers that support it yet.


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Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com