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Placeholder Expression Definition

Now that you know just what placeholder means, we can define placeholder expression:

Definition

A placeholder expression is either:

  • a placeholder

or

  • a template specialization with at least one argument that is a placeholder expression.

In other words, a placeholder expression always involves a placeholder.