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aznluvsmc · Apr 19th, 2006, 10:11 PM

I was reading up on explicit function specializations in C++ and have come to wonder why bother using them if you're going to specify the exact data types that you're passing anyways. Why not just create a non-template function version for that particular type?

aznluvsmc · Apr 19th, 2006, 10:49 PM

I found the answer to my question. Please do not reply to this.

InfoGeek · Apr 20th, 2006, 5:26 AM

You can post what you found out.

DaWei · Apr 20th, 2006, 7:28 AM

It's called 'contributing'

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Apr 19th, 2006, 10:11 PM	#1
aznluvsmc Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 4	Function Templates: Why use explicit specializations? I was reading up on explicit function specializations in C++ and have come to wonder why bother using them if you're going to specify the exact data types that you're passing anyways. Why not just create a non-template function version for that particular type?

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Apr 19th, 2006, 10:49 PM	#2
aznluvsmc Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 137 Rep Power: 4	I found the answer to my question. Please do not reply to this.

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Function Templates: Why use explicit specializations?