RE: smart ptr changes

From: Jonathan H Lundquist (jhl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-21 10:19:11

>   From: John Max Skaller <skaller_at_[hidden]>
> Subject: Re: smart ptr changes
>
>	c) there is an obvious syntax, with
> an obvious problem: the obvious syntax is:
>
>	template<class X> 
>	template<class U=X, class V=X>
>	void f(U,V)
>
> and the obvious problem is that by extension the
> correct form for a full specialisation is:
>
>	template<>
>	template<class U=int, class V=long>
>	void f(U,V)
>
> which does not agree with the current <stupid> syntax:>
>
>	void f(int,long);

Why isn't the obvious syntax:

template<>
void f<int, long>(int, long)