curiously recurring template pattern

noun

curiously recurring template pattern

noun

Etymology Title of a 1995 article which describes this idiom.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences An idiom in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as template argument.

Synonyms
CRTP

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