Compiler Error C2946

 

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explicit instantiation; 'class' is not a template-class specialization

You cannot explicitly instantiate a nontemplated class.

The following sample generates C2946.

// C2946.cpp  
class C {};  
template C;  // C2946  
int main() {}  

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