[TriLUG] The C++ STL library

[Mike Mueller]

On Thursday 04 December 2003 16:13, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> The STL is somewhat unique in that you don't compile it.  Because of how
> templates work with most compilers, the STL is supplied entirely as
> header files.  

Templates have no compilable meaning until supplied with concrete data types 
in a particular instance, so they must always be a header file.  How could it 
be otherwise - especially if the datatype is user defined? 
 
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Mike Mueller
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