The order of template specializations in C++

Question

Can the order in which template specializations appear in the code alter the meaning of the program? If so, then why?

Example:

Somewhere inside a source code

// specialization A
...
// specialization B
...

vs.

// specialization B
...
// specialization A
...

Will this always produce the same result?

Answer 1

So long as a snippet of code that relies on the specialisations has already seen them, the order does not matter.

In other words, the order would matter with

// specialization A
// Some code where B would be a better match
// specialization B