Difference between typename and class?

[Mythios]

Hey guys, just wondering what the difference is with this:

template <class T>
class GiveValues 
{
  public:
	T values [2];
    GiveValues (T first, T second)
    {
		values[0]=first; 
		values[1]=second;
    }
};

and

template <typename T>
class GiveValues 
{
  public:
	T values [2];
    GiveValues (T first, T second)
    {
		values[0]=first; 
		values[1]=second;
    }
};

as they both have the same outcome?

[Bazzy]

The only difference between both prototypes is the use of either the keyword class or the keyword typename. Its use is indistinct, since both expressions have exactly the same meaning and behave exactly the same way

from http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/templates.html


_{As the name suggests, using typename you have to type for a longer name...}

[Mythios]

Cheers for that - as you can see the above code is from that tutorial - but I must have skipped that paragraph.

Thanks Bazzy ;)