This is mostly off topic but.... How do you compile a template class into an object file WITHOUT instantiating it??? g++ happily compiles the .o file but bombs out when it tries to link later. Any suggestions happily accepted. Either to the list or me personally. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .