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Re: Default argument for templatized function

From: llewelly at xmission dot com
To: Adrian Bentley <adruab at voria dot com>
Cc: Jonathan Wakely <cow at compsoc dot man dot ac dot uk>, gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 12 May 2004 19:10:15 -0600
Subject: Re: Default argument for templatized function
References: <1084315475.4815.19.camel@localhost><20040512083216.GB91267@compsoc.man.ac.uk><1084384191.13011.0.camel@localhost>

Adrian Bentley <adruab@voria.com> writes:
[snip]
> Without the functionality of deriving the template for a default
> argument,
> which seems pretty straight forward to me by the way, it makes that a
> fairly
> gross limitation of gcc

It is not a limitation of gcc. It is a limitation of ISO C++ . See
    14.8.2.4/17 .

> (lack of function specialization

Function specialization works fine in gcc. Note ISO C++ does not allow
    *partial* specialization of function templates.

References:
- Default argument for templatized function
  - From: Adrian Bentley
- Re: Default argument for templatized function
  - From: Jonathan Wakely
- Re: Default argument for templatized function
  - From: Adrian Bentley

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