Saurabh Jain wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Brett McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> absent an example of what someone calls "specialized templates" I >>> > think > >>> we're all at a loss >>> >> I think he's talking about this: >> >> http://www.codersource.net/cpp_class_templates_specialization.html >> > > Yes, > This is what I was looking for. Sorry for not giving an example, as > I thought it was a widely known term. > > I found this link and some more, after I had posted on the group. > Thanks Brett. > > But I am still not clear on exactly where can this technique be > most/highly beneficial? > > Thanks, > Saurabh When one writes a templated anything, occasionally one finds that for a certain collection of templated items there are some optimizations that you wish to include in your solution. In those cases it makes sense to write a specialized template.
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