Specialization

Specialization #

Template specialization addresses the need to have different code for different template argument types. Templates define the behavior of families of classes and functions.

• Often it is necessary that special types, non-types, or templates as arguments are treated specially.
• We can fully specialize templates; class templates can even be partially specialized.
• The methods and attributes of specialization don’t have to be identical.
• General or Primary templates can coexist with partially or fully specialized templates.

The compiler prefers fully specialized to partially specialized templates ...