Is that possible to replace two similar member functions with a template function?

Question

For example

class A {
 public:
   void fun(Array a);
   void fun(Vector a);
   /* Most codes in these two functions are same. */
   /* Can certainly be merged into a template function if they were not member functions. */
}

Please note that I hope to have both these two versions of fun() in class A. Thanks.

What happened when you tried it? (Hint: yes, you can make a template member function.) — Jim Buck, Dec 02 '11 at 01:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 02 '11 at 01:44

Even if the class is not templated itself you can write a member function that is templated in the same manner that you would write a templated function that was not a method of a class.

template <class myType >
myType func (myType a) {
 /* do something */;
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '13 at 07:14

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Yes it is possible to create template member function like normal function. Just keep the code generic like it can work in both the situations involving vector and other data types.

template <typename T>
void fun(T var) {}

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

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Yes it is possible, see this SO question.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

Community

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answered Dec 02 '11 at 01:52

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Is that possible to replace two similar member functions with a template function?

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