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Passing a string literal as a non-type argument to a class template

I want to declare a class template in which one of the template parameters takes a string literal, e.g. my_class<"string">.

Can anyone give me some compilable code which declares a simple class template as described?

Solution

  • Sorry, C++ does not currently support the use of string literals (or real literals) as template parameters.

    But re-reading your question, is that what you are asking? You cannot say:

    foo <"bar"> x;

    but you can say

    template <typename T>
struct foo {
   foo( T t ) {}
};

foo <const char *> f( "bar" );