On 4/17/2012 8:06, Warp wrote:
> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>>>     Likewise template functions are implicitly 'inline' without having to
>>> explicitly say so.
>
>> Well, by definition a template generates a new copy of the function each
>> time you use it, no?
>
>    No. A new version is created for each used *type*.

Technically, I think a new copy of the function is generated/compiled for 
each compilation unit that uses it for each type, but the different versions 
for the same type are merged, right?

I.e., if x.c uses myfunc<int>() and y.c uses myfunc<int>() you'd need to 
compile that function twice and toss one at link time, right?

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