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From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: How to define a List class
Message-ID: <285E7568.4E93@tct.com>
Date: 18 Jun 91 21:04:40 GMT
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Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL
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According to wicklund@intellistor.com (Tom Wicklund):
>I think what's desired (and should be implementable) is a way to
>define a list class using templates and have the compiler be smart
>enough to create a single implementation for the list methods.

That can already be done with templates.  Create a ListBase class with
all the interesting code.  Then create List<class T> template in which
all member functions are inline.  Presto.
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