TITLE: A template is not the same as a macro


[ Material adapted from "C++ Gotchas", tutorial notes
  copyright by Tom Cargill, p. 66 ]


template <class T> class C {
    public:
        const T p;
};


int main ()
{
    C<char*> x;  // x.p is "char* const", not "const char*"
}


In essence, there is a "typedef char* T" in effect inside
the scope of the template rather than just a macro-like
substitution in the source.