[Boost-users] Re: Partial template specialization of template functions

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-24 17:38:11

This isn't a boost problem so it really belongs elsewhere.

Davi de Castro Reis <davicastro_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I am trying to specialize some (non-trivial) function templates, but I 
> am getting a lot of unexpected compile errors.

> //"template function" partial specialization
> template<class X, class U>
> void f(int a, U b) {}
> 
Unfortunately there's no function template partial specialization in
C++.

You can try to write an overload and let partial ordering choose it:

  template<class U>
  void f(int a, U b) {}

HTH,
-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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