6.2.3.1 Function Member Definitions

The definition of a template function member consists of the template parameter specification followed by a function definition. The function identifier is qualified by the class template’s class name and the template arguments. The following example shows definitions of two function members of the Array class template, which has a template parameter specification of template <class Elem>. Each function identifier is qualified by the template class name and the template argument Array<Elem>.

template <class Elem> Array<Elem>::Array( int sz )
    {size = sz; data = new Elem[size];}

template <class Elem> int Array<Elem>::GetSize()
    { return size; }

This example shows definitions of function members of the String class template.

#include <string.h>
template <unsigned Size> int String<Size>::length( )
    {int len = 0;
      while (len < Size && data[len]!= ’\0’) len++;
      return len;}

template <unsigned Size> String<Size>::String(char *initial)
    {strncpy(data, initial, Size);
      if (length( ) == Size) overflows++;}