@Yongwei No specialization is not the same as an ordinary non template
function technically afaik. They are not equivalent.

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024, 08:10 Yongwei Wu via Std-Discussion <
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> It seems more interesting than at first glance.
>
> Anyway, after carefully looking at the standard and getting wrong but
> useful answers from AI models, I believe the behaviour is implied in
> [temp.spec.general]:
>
> 1 The act of instantiating a function, a variable, a class, a member of a
> class template, or a member template is referred to as template
> instantiation.
> 2 A function instantiated from a function template is called an
> instantiated function…
> 4 A specialization is a class, variable, function, or class member that is
> either instantiated from a templated entity or is an explicit
> specialization of a templated entity.
>
> So a specialization of a function template is a normal function, and
> normal rules then apply [basic.link]: unless the entity falls into the
> categories specified as having internal linkage, "the name has external
> linkage".
>
> On Thu, 12 Sept 2024 at 22:52, Sean Mayard via Std-Discussion <
> std-discussion_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am trying to find out if explicit specialization of function
>> templates or class templates have the same linkage as the primary template.
>> Or is it that explicit specialization has no linkage at all?
>>
>> I tried find it in the standard but couldn't find it. I probably have
>> missed something so I would be glad if someone can help me for the same. Or
>> maybe a cwg issue is needed(If i didn't miss anything)?
>>
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