@M.P Upto C++17, specializations did have names.

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024, 13:49 M.P. via Std-Discussion <
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> If you read [basic.link] carefully, you'll notice that linkage applies
> to names, not entities (such as templates or their specializations).
>
> Templates have names, but template specializations are referred to by
> template-ids (which combine a template name with a list of arguments),
> so it can be loosely said that template specializations inherit the
> linkage of the template.
>
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