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Article #3355Re: Problem with template overloading
From: Steve Clamage
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 21:13
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 21:13
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In article dhs@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca, "brian (b.c.) white" <bcwhite@bnr.ca> writes: >>>Is it allowed to overload template names based on their parameters >>>in the same way that functions can be overloaded? >>No, that is not allowed. You cannot have more than one template >>with the same name in the same scope. >Is there a specific reason for this? Yes. Only in special cases would you not have insurmountable ambiguities. Just as type names must be unique in one scope, so must template names. --- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@eng.sun.com [ To submit articles: Try just posting with your newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html Policy: http://reality.sgi.com/employees/austern_mti/std-c++/policy.html Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu ]
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM!taumet!clamage From: clamage@Eng.sun.com (Steve Clamage) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Problem with template overloading Date: 20 Feb 1996 21:13:12 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc. Approved: clamage@eng.sun.com (comp.std.c++) Message-ID: <4gdc6v$cqv@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <4g7ndf$dhs@bcarh8ab.bnr.ca> Reply-To: clamage@Eng.sun.com NNTP-Posting-Host: taumet.eng.sun.com Content-Type: text X-Nntp-Posting-Host: taumet.eng.sun.com Content-Length: 544 X-Lines: 16 Originator: clamage@taumet