Re: templates and managed code

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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
>> Beware that managed generics are *NOT* templates, although the
>> (unfortunately IMHO) share most of their syntax. Mainly, generics do
>> not support specialization (partial or total), nor dependent types
>> definition/inference. On the other side, generics use a mechanism to
>> restrict what instanciations are authorized for a given "template".
>
> I wasn't talking about generics - I was talking about managed
> templates which support specialization, derivation from the template
> parameter type etc.

I know, but I was not sure that Peter Oliphant was aware of the difference.

Arnaud
MVP - VC


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