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I am creating a template class in C++ for numeric operations and I want to restrict it to only numbers or similar numeric types. My question is that is there any way in C++ to restrict a template class to a specific domain as in java its simply:

public class num<N extends Number>{}

answers will be appreciated

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  • From my knowledge there isn't. – imnota4 Oct 12 '16 at 16:30
  • This is called F-bound Polymorphism, and in C++ the pattern is CRTP. – wkl Oct 12 '16 at 17:15
  • @imnota4 Sure c++ templates can be restricted like Java generics, they are plenty more powerful... – Deduplicator Oct 12 '16 at 17:34
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    Look for std::enable_if_t and std::is_base_of. – Deduplicator Oct 12 '16 at 18:26
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    also look at std::is_arithmetic / std::is_integral / std::is_floating_point if what you are wanting to restrict is specifically numbers – Caleth Oct 13 '16 at 8:34
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For normal templates, you write:

template <typename T>

or

template <class T>

and this will accept any type.

Therefore, you should write:

template <size_t T>

And you effectively limit T to being a (decimal) number.

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    That's not accurate. I can still use a built in types even if I use class. – imnota4 Oct 14 '16 at 11:02
  • You're right: class is simply a recommendation in that case. The usage of using size_t or int64_t is, however, still a correct answer to the original question. – asger Oct 14 '16 at 11:25
  • Hmm, why is this down-voted? Isn't this exactly what the OP wants? – asger Dec 20 '16 at 12:27

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