Templates in Modern C++

The given lesson provides an introduction to templates in modern C++.

Templates are one of the outstanding features of C++. They become more and more important with each new C++ standard. Templates provide abstraction without an abstraction penalty. There are two kinds of templates: templates for classes, class template, or for functions, function template. Function templates are used to create concrete types of functions.

  • Class templates or function templates are families of classes or functions.

  • Templates play an important role in the development of generic libraries, Standard Template Library.

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