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templates specialisation

hi
i m using borlands turbo c++ ide compiler dos based

i entered thw following code

Code:

// template specialization

#include <iostream>

using namespace std;



template <class T>

class container {

    T element;

  public:

    container (T arg) {element=arg;}

    T increase () {return ++element;}

};



template <>Encountered error "invalid argument list" 

class container <char> {

    char element;

  public:

    container (T arg) {element=arg;}

    char uppercase ();

};



template <>Encountered error "invalid argument list" 

char container<char>::uppercase()

{

  if ((element>='a')&&(element<='z'))

  element+='A'-'a';

  return element;

}



int main () {

  container<int> myint (7);

  container<char> mychar ('j');

  cout << myint.increase() << endl;

  cout << mychar.uppercase() << endl;

  return 0;

}

also i am not able to use namespace std;
may i know what is the reason
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