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Partial specialization as end criteria
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/* The following code example is taken from the book
* "C++ Templates - The Complete Guide"
* by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
*
* (C) Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002.
* Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software
* is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies.
* This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
* warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
*/
#include <iostream>
// primary template
template <int DIM, typename T>
class DotProduct {
public:
static T result (T* a, T* b) {
return *a * *b + DotProduct<DIM-1,T>::result(a+1,b+1);
}
};
// partial specialization as end criteria
template <typename T>
class DotProduct<1,T> {
public:
static T result (T* a, T* b) {
return *a * *b;
}
};
// convenience function
template <int DIM, typename T>
inline T dot_product (T* a, T* b)
{
return DotProduct<DIM,T>::result(a,b);
}
int main()
{
int a[3] = { 1, 2, 3};
int b[3] = { 5, 6, 7};
<< '\n';
}
dot_product(a,b) = 38
dot_product(a,a) = 14
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