Why should the implementation and the declaration of a template class be in the same header file? [duplicate]

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The compiler needs to have access to the entire template definition (not just the signature) in order to generate code for each instantiation of the template, so you need to move the definitions of the functions to your header.

For more details read about The Inclusion Model.

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