In section 5 of chapter 14 of the September '95 draft standard, it
says this:
  The prefix template <class T> specifies that a template is being
  declared and that a type-name T will be used in the  declaration.

I'm unsure of the implications of the phrase 'will be used' in the
above - does it imply 'will be used 1 or more times' or 'will be used
0 or more times'? In other words, is it an error to declare a template
as:
  template<class T> class useless {
    int i;
  public:
    int get() { return i; }
    void set(int j) { i=j; }
  };
such that 'T' is not used within the definition?

Any clarification would be appreciated,

Hugo van der Sanden
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