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In article <199509202116.PAA02269@colobus.aoc.nrao.edu>,
Brian Glendenning  <bglenden@aoc.nrao.edu> wrote:
>
>
>Can an individual member function of a template class be specialized. If so, how
>is it declared? Thanks.
>
>Brian

DWP says the following: 

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14.5  Template specialization                              [temp.spec]

1 Except for a type member or template class member of a non-specialized
  template  class,  the following can be declared by a declaration where
  the declared name is a template-id: a specialized template function, a
  template class, or a static member of a template; that is:
          specialization:
                  declaration
  [Note: a static member of a template can only be specialized in a #define-
  inition due to syntactic restrictions.  ] [Example:

====

Since a member function of a template class is none of the following:
    - specialized template function
    - template class
    - static member of a template

I would read this as saying that a member function of a template class
cannot be specialized.

Wonder why the restriction on template class members ...

regards,
mumit -- khan@xraylith.wisc.edu
http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/

Cc: c.std.c++, Brian Glendenning  <bglenden@aoc.nrao.edu>

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