C++ Templates
With C++ templates you can create classes or functions that deal with multiple data types almost automatically. You define the template and instantiate a class or call a function specifying the appropriate data type, and the C++ compiler will generate the code for each data type! How cool is that?
We’ll be using templates throughout the course, starting with the upcoming node class for singly-linked lists. Accordingly, it’s important that you have a good grasp of how templates are used in C++. This video (7:09) provides an introduction. There’s an additional tutorial and FAQ referenced below.
Resources
Supplemental reading
- Tutorial: http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/oldtutorial/templates/
- FAQ: https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/templates
Original author: Clayton Cafiero < [given name] DOT [surname] AT uvm DOT edu >
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