Is there a way to cope with undefined reference error for template functions without implementing them in header?

Question

I hope the problem is clear. Is there an alternative way not to get undefined reference error without implementing template functions in header files? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you know in advance which all instantiations you will need, you can instantiate them manually.

Answer 2

Marshall Cline's C++-FAQ already deals with this.

One way is to use export but I don't really recommend using it because not all compilers support it really!

In fact C++0x Committee has voted out export out of the next C++ Standard.