template<class T> class A { // primary template
int x;
};
template<class T> class A<T*> { // partial specialization
long x;
};
template<template<class U> class V> class C {
V<int> y;
V<int*> z;
};
C<A> c; // V<int> within C<A> uses the primary template, so c.y.x has type int
// V<int*> within C<A> uses the partial specialization, so c.z.x has type long
— end example
template<class T> class A { /* ... */ };
template<class T, class U = T> class B { /* ... */ };
template<class ... Types> class C { /* ... */ };
template<auto n> class D { /* ... */ };
template<template<class> class P> class X { /* ... */ };
template<template<class ...> class Q> class Y { /* ... */ };
template<template<int> class R> class Z { /* ... */ };
X<A> xa; // OK
X<B> xb; // OK
X<C> xc; // OK
Y<A> ya; // OK
Y<B> yb; // OK
Y<C> yc; // OK
Z<D> zd; // OK
— end example
template <class T> struct eval;
template <template <class, class...> class TT, class T1, class... Rest>
struct eval<TT<T1, Rest...>> { };
template <class T1> struct A;
template <class T1, class T2> struct B;
template <int N> struct C;
template <class T1, int N> struct D;
template <class T1, class T2, int N = 17> struct E;
eval<A<int>> eA; // OK: matches partial specialization of eval
eval<B<int, float>> eB; // OK: matches partial specialization of eval
eval<C<17>> eC; // error: C does not match TT in partial specialization
eval<D<int, 17>> eD; // error: D does not match TT in partial specialization
eval<E<int, float>> eE; // error: E does not match TT in partial specialization
— end example