C++ Templates: The Complete Guide, 2nd Edition

Preface

The notion of templates in C++ is over 30 years old. C++ templates were already documented in 1990 in “The Annotated C++ Reference Manual” (ARM; see [EllisStroustrupARM]), and they had been described before then in more specialized publications. However, well over a decade later, we found a dearth of literature that concentrates on the fundamental concepts and advanced techniques of this fascinating, complex, and powerful C++ feature. With the first edition of this book, we wanted to address this issue and decided to write the book about templates (with perhaps a slight lack of humility).

Much has changed in C++ since that first edition was published in late 2002. New iterations of the C++ standard have added new features, and continued ...