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Bloomberg LP Interview Question for Software Engineer / Developers


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No. The template is compiled only if it is instantiated so the error is not caught until we try to create an object with the template.

- souaaz May 09, 2010 | Flag Reply
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very true....

- Anonymous May 13, 2010 | Flag
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Yes. This will cause compilation error. The compiler generates code for a template class or function when the class or function is instantiated.

- kumuda April 28, 2010 | Flag Reply
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Yes .... Both for template as well as normal classes if there is a syntax error is the source code of the class, the code will not compile

- abhimanipal May 06, 2010 | Flag Reply
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I think template compilation happens in two phases. Phase 1 is just syntax check and phase 2 is actual instantiation. Phase 1 will catch any syntax errors

- pk May 17, 2010 | Flag Reply
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The answer is maybe, depend on your compiler. There is effectively two phases in template compilation. A syntax check and the instantiation itself. The compiler will not try to instantiate the template if it not used. So if there is nothing in main, the template is not used, so no error for the instantiation process. There might be errors for the syntax check, but the compiler may not check since the template is not used. The standard does not force the compiler to check syntax when the template is not used.

- eric pruneau May 22, 2010 | Flag
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souaaz is right. However a lot depends on the compiler.

- Anonymous June 02, 2010 | Flag Reply


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