Re: question to understand templates

Bharath wrote:
> Dear all,
> I'm trying learn templates concept.
>
> Here is a line of code from Bjarne Strustrup's C++ programming
> language 3rd edition:
>
> template<class C> struct String<C>::Srep
>
> I couldn't understand what the above line of code means. I'm
> expecting "struct/class <name>" after template<class C>. What
> exactly String<C>::Srep mean? Does "String" refer to STL's string
> template?

No, that would be string or std::string - names are case sensitive.

Here String<C>::Srep is the name of a struct, likely declared inside
some example String class. It would be found in a defintion outside of
the class, like

template<class C>
struct String<C>::Srep
{
    // contents of Srep goes here
};


Bo Persson


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