Re: Example in "The C++ Workbook" by Wiener and Pinson

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From: Andrew Koenig
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 12:17

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In article <3vj9ak$49m@news.rrz.uni-koeln.de> a2675528@athena.rrz.Uni-Koeln.DE (Paul Sponagl) writes:

> or do like that

> 	inline template < class T > void swap(T& a, T& b) 
> 	{
> 		a ^=b; b^=a;a ^=b;
> 	}

... which fails when you try to swap floating-point values, for example.
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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark@research.att.com

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Subject: Re: Example in "The C++ Workbook" by Wiener and Pinson
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