//: C05:MinTest2.cpp
// From "Thinking in C++, Volume 2", by Bruce Eckel & Chuck Allison.
// (c) 1995-2004 MindView, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// See source code use permissions stated in the file 'License.txt',
// distributed with the code package available at www.MindView.net.
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
using std::strcmp;
using std::cout;
using std::endl;

template<class T> const T& min(const T& a, const T& b) {
  return (a < b) ? a : b;
}

// An explicit specialization of the min template
template<>
const char* const& min<const char*>(const char* const& a,
                                    const char* const& b) {
  return (strcmp(a, b) < 0) ? a : b;
}

int main() {
  const char *s2 = "say \"Ni-!\"", *s1 = "knights who";
  cout << min(s1, s2) << endl;
  cout << min<>(s1, s2) << endl;
} ///:~