Thread: What do you like least about C++?

Originally Posted by MarkZWEERS

No default types for template arguments

Ah, but you can have default types for template arguments (I assume you mean the template types inside the template<> part?). For classes it works, but not for functions (that's a shame).

I agree. C++ is missing that one

Example?

pseudo-code

Code:

template<typename T1, typename T2> 
  class TestClass {
    ....
  __  function();
  }
template<typename T2>  // partial specialisation for first template argument, #error!
__ class<char, T2> :: function()

What if I've designed my template class, later I decide to add a function 'function' with only its first argument specialised? As far as I know, after a partial specialisation everything has to be specialised.

Henceforth, this will work:

Code:

template<typename T1>  // partial specialisation for second template argument, OK
__ class<T1, char> :: function()

EDIT: This is especially horrible with traits... along the road you discover over and over again the "correct" order of the arguments