The following code example is taken from the book
C++ Templates - The Complete Guide, 2nd Edition
by David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, and Douglas Gregor,
Addison-Wesley, 2017
© Copyright David Vandevoorde, Nicolai M. Josuttis, Douglas Gregor 2017
// primary template to compute 3 to the Nth
template<int N>
struct Pow3 {
enum { value = 3 * Pow3<N-1>::value };
};
// full specialization to end the recursion
template<>
struct Pow3<0> {
enum { value = 1 };
};