C++ | Templates | Question 5

Output of following program? Assume that the size of char is 1 byte and size of int is 4 bytes, and there is no alignment done by the compiler.

#include<iostream>
#include<stdlib.h>
using namespace std;

template<class T, class U>
class A  {
    T x;
    U y;
    static int count;
};

int main()  {
   A<char, char> a;
   A<int, int> b;
   cout << sizeof(a) << endl;
   cout << sizeof(b) << endl;
   return 0;
}

(A)

6
12

(B)

2
8

(C) Compiler Error: There can not be more than one template arguments.
(D)

8
8

Answer: (B)
Explanation: Since count is static, it is not counted in sizeof.
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