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  2. From: vandevod@cs.rpi.edu (David Vandevoorde)
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  4. Subject: Re: Template argument deduction
  5. Date: 19 Apr 1996 14:43:42 GMT
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  15. In-Reply-To: freyburg@wavelet.stanford.edu's message of 18 Apr 1996 21:14:46
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  22. >>>>> "BF" == Brian Michael Freyburger <freyburg@wavelet.stanford.edu> writes:
  23. I (Daveed) wrote:
  24. >>  It's a non-issue since default template arguments cannot be
  25. >> specified for function templates.
  26.  
  27. BF> Where in the working papers does it say this?  They appear to me
  28. BF> to be introduced in 14.8 [temp.arg], which as far as I can tell
  29. BF> applies to both functions and classes.  I see nothing in 14.10
  30. BF> [temp.fct] which disallows them--what did I miss?
  31.  
  32. Good point ;^P It's not in the April '95 CD, apparently :^( However,
  33. it's in the Templates chapter as revised for the Santa Cruz meeting.
  34. Sorry for the confusion, I didn't realize this was this recent.
  35.  
  36. BF> Why are they disallowed?  Are there any technical difficults?
  37.  
  38. The problem you mentioned maybe ;-)
  39.  
  40.     Daveed
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