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Nullio
Nullio
What the heck is a template?? is this a new .net thing or has it been around for a while, I'll give you some code to help clarify what i mean 
  
template <class type>
struct polygon
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what does that template keyword do?? [edited by - Nullio on January 9, 2003 11:50:00 PM]
eldee
eldee
a template is not a .net thing..
basically, it helps with abstraction in your applications.
for example, you could have 10 overloaded functions that do the same thing:
multiply(int one, int two);
multiply(float one, float two);
multiply(double one, double two);
multiply(long one, long two); // heheh.. long one. couldnt resist
ect...

or you could have one template that takes care of all of it.
less code.. less mess. less headaches (hopefully).

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