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From: Marius Amado Alves <amado.alves@netcabo.pt>
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Date: 2005-03-09T16:43:46+00:00

On 9 Mar 2005, at 15:39, Pascal Obry wrote:

> Georg Bauhaus <bauhaus@futureapps.de> writes:
>
>>> Can templates recurse?
>>
>> No. (Though you can mix recursive subprograms, nesting, and template
>> instantiation.)
>
> Hum, since you answered "no" and I answered "yes" it seems there is 
> something
> about "templates recurse" that I did not understand.

Same here.  Maybe Georg was thinking of the limitation that you cannot 
instantiate a generic unit inside itself.  This is so probably because 
it was deemed impossible to write a terminal condition.  But I'm not 
sure about that.  And I suspect that with the new bag of tricks of Ada 
2005 notably interfaces you can do it.  But yes, let's hear it from the 
C++ experts.  Can you create an instance of a template inside itself?