Introduction to C++ Friends, Nesting, Static Members, and Templates

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Function Templates

•A specialized template function is a function that we implement with the same signature as a template function instantiation.

•The specialization must be defined after the definition of the function template, but before the first use of the specialization.

•The definition of the specialized template function must be preceded by the template keyword and followed by an empty set of angle brackets (<>) (i.e., template<>).

•The specialization will then be used instead of a version that the compiler could instantiate.