Platform-specific templates for C++

platformspecific.cpp

#include <iostream>

struct Platform {
    const char *name;
};

static constexpr Platform Linux{"Linux"};
static constexpr Platform Windows{"Windows"};

template <const Platform *platform>
class PlatformSpecific {
public:
    void printPlatformName() {
        std::cout << platform->name << std::endl;
    }
    void doSomething();
};

template <>
void PlatformSpecific<&Linux>::doSomething()
{
    std::cout << "call some Linux-specific code" << std::endl;
}

template <>
void PlatformSpecific<&Windows>::doSomething()
{
    std::cout << "call some Windows-specific code" << std::endl;
}

#define TargetPlatform (&Linux)

int main()
{
    auto ps = PlatformSpecific<TargetPlatform>();
    ps.printPlatformName();
    ps.doSomething();
    return 0;
}