Parameter packs

A template with a parameter pack

template<class ... Types> struct Tuple {};

A parameter pack is a template parameter accepting zero or more template arguments. If a template has at least one parameter pack is a variadic template.

Expansion of a parameter pack

The pattern parameter_pack ... is expanded into a list of comma-separated substitutions of parameter_pack with each one of its parameters

template<class T> // Base of recursion
void variadic_printer(T last_argument) {
    std::cout << last_argument;
}

template<class T, class ...Args> 
void variadic_printer(T first_argument, Args... other_arguments) {
  std::cout << first_argument << "\n";
  variadic_printer(other_arguments...); // Parameter pack expansion
}

The code above invoked with variadic_printer(1, 2, 3, "hello"); prints

1
2
3
hello