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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: We have a new standard!
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:31:03 -0800
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Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> writes:
[...]
> Stroustrup in section 23.2 of his 4th edition C++ book notes that
> these two are equivalent:
>
>     template<typename X>
>     template<class X>
>
> but that for typename X, X need not be a class.

X need not be a class in either case.

"""
You may prefer the shorter and equivalent form template<class C>. In
either case, C is a type name; it need not be the name of a class.
"""

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */