Practical Uses for the “Curiously Recurring Template Pattern”

Question

What are some practical uses for the \"Curiously Recurring Template Pattern\"? The \"counted class\" example commonly shown just isn\'t a convincing example to me.

Answer 1

For a real-world library use of CRTP, look at ATL and WTL (wtl.sf.net). It is used extensively there for compile-time polymorphism.