Hi all,
I would like to know in what situation template is used instead of inheritance and vice visa. examples are appreciated.
I just know template is static binding while inheritance is dynamic binding. so if speed is concern, template is better.
dophine
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Jump to Posttemplate and inerentence at two completly different animals. You would use one instead of the other at any time. I'm not great on templates but I think templates can experience inherentence just as normal classes can.
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Ancient Dragon
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template and inerentence at two completly different animals. You would use one instead of the other at any time. I'm not great on templates but I think templates can experience inherentence just as normal classes can.
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as they are replaced by each other, I want to know if there is a rule for using template or inheritance in some situation.
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>I want to know if there is a rule for using template or inheritance in some situation.
Inheritance applies to behavior, templates apply to data. It's not a one or the other deal; you can use templates to supplement inheritance and vice versa.
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