The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide
by David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, Addison-Wesley, 2002
© Copyright David Vandevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis 2002
template<typename T>
class CompoundT<T&> { // partial specialization for references
public:
enum { IsPtrT = 0, IsRefT = 1, IsArrayT = 0,
IsFuncT = 0, IsPtrMemT = 0 };
typedef T BaseT;
typedef typename CompoundT<T>::BottomT BottomT;
typedef CompoundT<void> ClassT;
};
template<typename T>
class CompoundT<T*> { // partial specialization for pointers
public:
enum { IsPtrT = 1, IsRefT = 0, IsArrayT = 0,
IsFuncT = 0, IsPtrMemT = 0 };
typedef T BaseT;
typedef typename CompoundT<T>::BottomT BottomT;
typedef CompoundT<void> ClassT;
};