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In article <45mor5$fms@jupiter.SJSU.EDU>,
Cay S. Horstmann <horstman@jupiter.SJSU.EDU> wrote:
>clamage@Eng.sun.com (Steve Clamage) wrote:
>
>>In article 100000@gusak, "Brett W. Denner" <dennerbw@cliffy.lfwc.lockheed.com>
> writes:
>>>Is there a way to identify whether a data type in a template function is a
>>>class or a built-in type?  For example,

How about using template specialization?
	template<class T> bool builtin() { return false; }
	template<class T> bool builtin<char>() { return true; }
	//etc
I'm not quite sure about the specialization syntax.
This does not cover pointers, though.
Is this allowed by the standard?
	template<class T> bool builtin<T*>() { return true; }
or, depending on your needs:
	template<class T> bool builtin<T*>() { return builtin<T>(); }

Atman Binstock
ajb@panix.com

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