Can you make a C++ generic function?

Question

Is it possible to create a generic C++ function foo?

foo(Object bar, Object fred)
{
    //code
}

in which that if the two objects

Answer 1

Using templates, define two versions of the function, one where the parameters are the same type and one where they can be different:

#include 
#include 
using namespace std;

template
void func(Type, Type)
{
    cout << "same" << endl;
}

template
void func(TypeA, TypeO)
{
    cout << "different" << endl;
}

int main()
{
    func(5, 3);                     // same
    func(5, 3.0);                   // different
    func(string("hello"), "hello"); // different
    func(5.0, 3.0);                 // same
    return 0;
}

Output:

same
different
different
same