RE: [boost] Re: Shades, swap or whatever

From: Gary Powell (Gary.Powell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-11-01 13:25:36

>  A big disadvantage of
> using function template specialization is that the most obvious syntax to
> use makes it order-dependent:
> 
> template <class T> void f(T);  // #1
> template <> void f<int*>(int*);  // #2
> template <class T> void f(T*);   // #3
> 
> #2 specializes #1, but:
> 
> template <class T> void f(T);  // #1
> template <class T> void f(T*);   // #3
> template <> void f<int*>(int*);  // #2
> 
> Now #2 specializes #3. 
> 
That makes no sense.
template<class T> class f{}; // #1
template<> class f<int *> {}; // #2
template<class T> class f<T *> {}; // #3

for f<int *> isn't #2 more specialized than #3? And if
it works this way for classes, why wouldn't it work that
way for functions?

  -gary-

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