Template Specialization

Lecture 5 - Slide 38 : 40

It is possible to provide a special version of a template for a particular type of parameter

Template specialization can be used for both class templates and function templates

Class template specialization
- Can be used to provide a single and shared implementation for all pointer types
- Example: vector<C> is specialized to vector<C*>
- Details in §25.3 in The C++ Prog. Lang. (4. edition)

Function templates can also be specialized