Yes!  The problem is, alternative implementations are also meta-programming tricks!  Template meta-programming techniques like &#x27;C++ Traits&#x27; and &#x27;Curiously recurring template pattern&#x27;.  Both are being used in the performance-critical places  by the way (think Eigen library, etc).<p>Is there some other alternative that allows &#x27;compile-time static overrides&#x27; with relatively clean syntax?