[boost] Re: abs and swap -or- overloading vs. specialization.

From: Dave Abrahams (abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-01-19 19:43:35

>> I think function partial specialization for templates can be roughly
>> approximated with the B&N trick,
>
> You mean friend function definitions inside template classes ?
> I think that it's a very powerfull trick.

Yep. But try to make it work for this case and you'll see that the machinery
is huge and cumbersome... unless I missed something.

-Dave