Question

Any one of my C++ projects will generate a linker error unless I include an explicit template instantiation for every templated class/method/function I author and use.

STL classes seem to have no such problem.

Is there some simple code of conduct (pun intended) I can adhere to which allows deferred instantiation like that of STL?

Thanks for listening.

Answer 1

For templates you need to put all the template code and methods into headers rather than source files. The standard library does this.