In the documentation I read:

"If multiple templates with the same TemplateIdentifier are declared, they are distinct if they have a
different number of arguments or are differently specialized."

What happens if they are not distinct ? Is it a compiler error ?

template MyTemplate(T,U) { T a; U b;}
template MyTemplate(A,B) { A * a; B * b;}

Is this an error ?

Edward Diener wrote:
> In the documentation I read:
> 
> "If multiple templates with the same TemplateIdentifier are declared, they are distinct if they have a
> different number of arguments or are differently specialized."
> 
> What happens if they are not distinct ? Is it a compiler error ?
> 
> template MyTemplate(T,U) { T a; U b;}
> template MyTemplate(A,B) { A * a; B * b;}
> 
> Is this an error ?

Try it.

Robert Fraser wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> In the documentation I read:
>>
>> "If multiple templates with the same TemplateIdentifier are declared, they are distinct if they have a
>> different number of arguments or are differently specialized."
>>
>> What happens if they are not distinct ? Is it a compiler error ?
>>
>> template MyTemplate(T,U) { T a; U b;}
>> template MyTemplate(A,B) { A * a; B * b;}
>>
>> Is this an error ?
> 
> Try it.

It compiles without error. Then I tried instantiating a template instance using the template identifier and recieved an error. Makes sense. Sorry for the noise.