Chapter 21Advanced Templates
- The different kinds of template parameters
- How to use partial specialization
- How to write recursive templates
- Explaining variadic templates
- How to write type-safe variable argument functions using variadic templates
- What metaprogramming is and how to use it
Please note that all the code examples for this chapter are available as a part of this chapter’s code download on the book’s website at www.wrox.com/go/proc++3e on the Download Code tab.
Chapter 11 covered the most widely used features of class and function templates. If you are interested in only a basic knowledge of templates so that you can better understand how the STL works, or perhaps write your own simple classes, you can skip this chapter on advanced templates. However, if templates interest you and you want to uncover their full power, continue reading this chapter to learn about some of the more obscure, but fascinating, details.
MORE ABOUT TEMPLATE PARAMETERS
There are actually three kinds of template parameters: type, non-type, and template template (no, you’re not seeing double: that really is the name). You’ve seen examples of type and non-type parameters in Chapter 11, but not template template parameters yet. There are also some tricky aspects to both type and non-type parameters that are not covered in Chapter 11.
More about Template Type Parameters
Template type parameters are the main purpose of templates. You ...
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