Defining static const variables of a template class

Question

I have a vector class which has some static const variables like ZERO. Now since vector is often implemented as a template class (and mine is no exception), I s

Answer 1

It's OK.

Templates are a kind of way to tell the compiler to generate similar code for different types.
This is exactly what it's for.

Answer 2

No, that's perfectly legitimate and totally Standard. If you want to use a static variable in a templated class, there's no way you could possibly define all possible instantiations of it- those types may not even be nameable and therefore specializable. Hence, it's very necessary that template classes can have static variables defined for all possible uses.