template specialization multiply defined symbols

Question

I know i\'m missing something easy here but I\'ve got a templated member function of a class which I\'ve specialised.

MyClass
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Answer 1

As Alf noted, the full specialization is no longer a template. However, I am not sure it has to be defined inline. You should also be able to split the declaration and definition.

I.e. In your header have:

template<> 
int MyClass::GetTFromVariable(shared_ptr v, string s);

and in the implementation have:

template<>
int MyClass::GetTFromVariable(shared_ptr v, string s)
{
    return v->GetInteger();
}

I also had thought that by rights the templated definition should also be explicitly inline (I always have done so) but would not be too surprised if a given compiler was lax in applying the ODR for templates. I'd be interested to see the standard reference that states otherwise.