[Gladis]

Std is the standard namespace... C++ has templates.

[amoralis]

In java it only represents compile time checking

[Gladis]

amoralis, It SHOULD affect code. Compile time checking leads to a few problems.
For instance... can't create genericized lists.

[AmeliaR]

The difference is that c++ template generate code. java's generics do not.

[amoralis]

That's what I just said :)

[Gladis]

But C++ is faster with worse code. So.

[Aaron Zapashniy]

Now i read something about variance.. and what i briefly read gave me the impression that i'd be able to specify my method as void doIt(List<Parent..>) or void doIt(List<-Parent>)

[amoralis]

This issue Aaron Zapashniy raised is obnoxious because you can't overload methods with the only different in parameters being the object parameterizing the generic collection
I.e. doIt(List<parent> list); can't be overriden by doIt(List<Child> list);

[Gladis]

Aaron Zapashniy, List<? extends Parent>
Which includes Parent and all subclasses of parent.

[Aaron Zapashniy]

OOooh
That's nice!