curiously recurring template pattern

noun

An idiom in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as template argument.

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CRTP
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Meanings

nouncuriously recurring template pattern (plural curiously recurring template patterns)

plural curiously recurring template patterns

  1. computingAn idiom in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as template argument.

    Synonyms: CRTP

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn idiom in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as template argument.

Similar
CRTP

Origin

Title of a 1995 article which describes this idiom.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with curiously recurring template pattern

patternsaturnattern
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APA

curiously recurring template pattern. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiously%20recurring%20template%20pattern

MLA

“curiously recurring template pattern.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiously%20recurring%20template%20pattern. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curiously recurring template pattern,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiously%20recurring%20template%20pattern.

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