Andrew Bell wrote:
But int your example, isn't the <int> specialization visible at the
point the call is made - even if it is through the header file?
No. The header file did not declare the specialization, so the
specialization was called without being declared.
I think you only need to declare it, not define it, in the compilation
where it is called (though one of the posts in that link said
otherwise). Change the header file to
// Binky.h
#ifndef BINKY_H
#define BINKY_H
template<typename T> const char* getString()
{
return "T";
}
template<> const char* getstring<int>();
#endif
