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Let's check out some examples of template arguments.
Example 1: Deduction of Template Arguments #
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// templateArgumentDeduction.cpp#include <iostream>template <typename T>bool isSmaller(T fir, T sec){return fir < sec;}template <typename T, typename U>bool isSmaller2(T fir, U sec){return fir < sec;}template <typename R, typename T, typename U>R add(T fir, U sec){return fir + sec;}int main(){std::cout << std::boolalpha << std::endl;std::cout << "isSmaller(1,2): " << isSmaller(1,2) << std::endl;// std::cout << "isSmaller(1,5LL): " << isSmaller(1,5LL) << std::endl; // ERRORstd::cout << "isSmaller<int>(1,5LL): " << isSmaller<int>(1,5LL) << std::endl;std::cout << "isSmaller<double>(1,5LL): " << isSmaller<double>(1,5LL) << std::endl;std::cout << std::endl;std::cout << "isSmaller2(1,5LL): " << isSmaller2(1,5LL) << std::endl;std::cout << std::endl;std::cout << "add<long long int>(1000000,1000000): " << add<long long int>(1000000, 1000000) << std::endl;std::cout << "add<double,double>(1000000,1000000): " << add<double,double>(1000000, 1000000) << std::endl;std::cout << "add<double,double,float>(1000000,1000000): " << add<double,double,float>(1000000, 1000000) << std::endl;std::cout << std::endl;}
Explanation #
In the example above, we have defined 3 function templates
isSmaller
takes two arguments which have the same type and returnstrue
if the first element is less