Compiler Error C2912
Visual Studio 2010
explicit specialization; 'declaration' is not a specialization of a function template
You cannot specialize a non-template function.
The following sample generates C2912:
// C2912.cpp // compile with: /c void f(char); template<> void f(char); // C2912 template<class T> void f(T); // OK
This error will also be generated as a result of compiler conformance work that was done in Visual Studio .NET 2003: for every explicit specialization, you must choose the parameters of the explicit specialization, such that, they match the parameters of the primary template.
// C2912b.cpp
class CF {
public:
template <class A> CF(const A& a) {} // primary template
// attempted explicit specialization
template <> CF(const char* p) {} // C2912
// try the following line instead
// template <> CF(const char& p) {}
};
