countof example

The following web pages describe a powerful but relatively easy to understand example of using templates to force uniformity of interface across a some very diverse, but commonly used, data structures.

Writing generic code is made much easier when all data structures of interest follow the same interface paradigms -- but when this doesn't occur naturally, templates can be used to force fit the errant data structures into compliance.

The techniques used in this example come from the STL itself -- thanks be it to the high priest of the STL, Alexander Stepanoff.

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