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copy constructors for template classes

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what is the difference between this two versions of copy constructors:

myClass(const myClass & mc);
myClass(const myClass<T> & mc);

here is the template class declaration:

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  1. template<class T>
  2. class myClass {
  3. private:
  4.         T val;
  5. public:
  6.         myClass(T v=0);  // default constructor
  7.         //myClass(const myClass & mc);  //copy constructor version1
  8.         myClass(const myClass<T> & mc);  //copy constructor  version2
  9.         void display() { cout<<"val: "<<val<<endl; }
  10. };
Jun 21 '07 #1
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There isn't.

Inside a class you can use both className<T> or className. There's synomym.

Template is very powerful. What you can also do is something like:

template <class T1>
class c
{
template<T2>
c( c<T2> const & ); //you can copy c<int> into c<long> for example.

};
Jun 21 '07 #2

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