16.2. Template Argument Deduction
We’ve seen that, by default, the compiler uses the arguments in a call to determine the template parameters for a function template. The process of determining the template arguments from the function arguments is known as template argument deduction. During template argument deduction, the compiler uses types of the arguments in the call to find the template arguments that generate a version of the function that best matches the given call.
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