3 ms·Templates in C++ are not 'basically macros' in the C++ sense.by milesrout 10y agoTemplates in C++ are not 'basically macros' in the C++ sense.rbehrends 10y agoI am talking about macros in the language design sense (e.g. as in Lisp), not the narrow meaning of the C/C++ preprocessor.milesrout 10y agoThat's reasonable. Although you don't get the AST, so they're not as powerful as true AST macros.