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title: "What is the disadvantage of a template function?"  
description: "What is the disadvantage of a template function?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
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# What is the disadvantage of a template function?

A template function cannot be distributed in the obj form. This is because; fuction with which parameters the template function is going to be called is decided at the run time only. Therefore an obj form of a template function cannot be made by merely compiling it.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

A template function cannot be distributed in the obj form. This is because; fuction with which parameters the template function is going to be called is decided at the run time only. Therefore an obj form of a template function cannot be made by merely compiling it.


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