In lesson , we discussed how the compiler will use function templates to instantiate functions, which are then compiled. We also noted that these functions may not compile, if the code in the function template tries to perform some operation that the actual type doesn’t support (such as adding integer …
Let’s say you wanted to write a function to calculate the maximum of two numbers. You might do so like this: int max(int x, int y) { return (x < y) ? y : x; // Note: we use < instead of > because std::max uses < } While the …
The file pointer Each file stream class contains a file pointer that is used to keep track of the current read/write position within the file. When something is read from or written to a file, the reading/writing happens at the file pointer’s current location. By default, when opening a file …
