"D. Tweed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In my experience the C++ idiom `you only pay for what you use' (==>
> templates are essentially type-checked macros) and the fact most compilers
> are evolved from C compilers makes working with templates a real pain in
> practice.
I'm not sure what you mean by type-checked here. Templates are not
type-checked at definition time, but are type-checked when they are
used; the same is true of ordinary macros.
Carl Witty
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