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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> And then, unfortunately, C++ doesn't have dynamic types
> (unless I'm missing something):
> 
> template <int left>
> int foo(int n)
> {
>   typedef class RangedInt<left, n> Int;

You are correct that C++ does not support this, but
incorrect that it is unfortunate. The purely static
types of C++ is what permits automatic instantiation
to work. Having dynamic types is what leads to Ada's
requirement of explicit instantiation.