Polyteknisk Boghandel

With the greatly increased use of templates there is a real need in the C++ community for this information. This book is the next C++ classic acting as both a complete reference as well as a tutorial. It emphasizes the practical use of templates, and includes real-world examples.

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. About This Book. What You Should Know Before Reading This Book. Overall Structure of the Book. How to Read This Book. Some Remarks About Programming Style. The Standard versus Reality. Example Code and Additional Information. Feedback.
I. THE BASICS.
2. Function Templates. A First Look at Function Templates. Defining the Template. Using the Template. Argument Deduction. Template Parameters. Overloading Function Templates. Summary.
3. Class Templates. Implementation of Class Template Stack. Declaration of Class Templates. Implementation of Member Functions. Use of Class Template Stack. Specializations of Class Templates. Partial Specialization. Default Template Arguments. Summary.
4. Nontype Template Parameters. Nontype Class Template Parameters. Nontype Function Template Parameters. Restrictions for Nontype Template Parameters. Summary.
5. Tricky Basics. Keyword typename. Using this->. Member Templates. Template Template Parameters. Zero Initialization. Using String Literals as Arguments for Function Templates. Summary.
6. Using Templates in Practice. The Inclusion Model. Linker Errors. Templates in Header Files. Explicit Instantiation. Example of Explicit Instantiation. Combining the Inclusion Model and Explicit Instantiation. The Separation Model. The Keyword export. Limitations of the Separation Model. Preparing for the Separation Model. Templates and inline. Precompiled Headers. Debugging Templates. Decoding the Error Novel. Shallow Instantiation. Long Symbols. Tracers. Oracles. Archetypes. Afternotes. Summary.
7. Basic Template Terminology. "Class Template" or "Template Class" ? Instantiation and Specialization. Declarations versus Definitions. The One-Definition Rule. Template Arguments versus Template Parameters.
II. TEMPLATES IN DEPTH.
8. Fundamentals in Depth. Parameterized Declarations. Virtual Member Functions. Linkage of Templates. Primary Templates. Template Parameters. Type Parameters. Nontype Parameters. Template Template Parameters. Default Template Arguments. Template Arguments. Function Template Arguments. Type Arguments. Nontype Arguments. Template Template Arguments. Equivalence. Friends. Friend Functions. Friend Templates. Afternotes.
9. Names in Templates. Name Taxonomy. Looking Up Names. Argument-Dependent Lookup. Friend Name Injection. Injected Class Names. Parsing Templates. Context Sensitivity in Nontemplates. Dependent Names of Types. Dependent Names of Templates. Dependent Names in Using-Declarations. ADL and Explicit Template Arguments. Derivation and Cla