Re: Template argument deduction

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From: David Vandevoorde
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 14:43

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>>>>> "BF" == Brian Michael Freyburger <freyburg@wavelet.stanford.edu> writes:
I (Daveed) wrote:
>>  It's a non-issue since default template arguments cannot be
>> specified for function templates.

BF> Where in the working papers does it say this?  They appear to me
BF> to be introduced in 14.8 [temp.arg], which as far as I can tell
BF> applies to both functions and classes.  I see nothing in 14.10
BF> [temp.fct] which disallows them--what did I miss?

Good point ;^P It's not in the April '95 CD, apparently :^( However,
it's in the Templates chapter as revised for the Santa Cruz meeting.
Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realize this was this recent.

BF> Why are they disallowed?  Are there any technical difficults?

The problem you mentioned maybe ;-)

	Daveed

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