template<typename T>
inline void read(T &x){
    x = 0; T f = 1; char ch = getchar();
    while (!isdigit(ch)) {if (ch == '-') f = -1; ch = getchar();}
    while (isdigit(ch))  {x = x * 10 + ch &mdash; '0'; ch = getchar();}
    x *= f;
}

Can anyone tell me how this template works

or infact any of these templates

template<class Fun> class y_combinator_result {
    Fun fun_;
public:
    template<class T> explicit y_combinator_result(T &&fun): fun_(std::forward<T>(fun)) {}
    template<class ...Args> decltype(auto) operator()(Args &&...args) { return fun_(std::ref(*this), std::forward<Args>(args)...); }
};
template<class Fun> decltype(auto) y_combinator(Fun &&fun) { return y_combinator_result<std::decay_t<Fun>>(std::forward<Fun>(fun)); }
 
 
template<typename A, typename B> ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<A, B> &p) { return os << '(' << p.first << ", " << p.second << ')'; }
template<typename T_container, typename T = typename enable_if<!is_same<T_container, string>::value, typename T_container::value_type>::type> ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const T_container &v) { os << '{'; string sep; for (const T &x : v) os << sep << x, sep = ", "; return os << '}'; }
 
void dbg_out() { cerr << endl; }
template<typename Head, typename... Tail> void dbg_out(Head H, Tail... T) { cerr << ' ' << H; dbg_out(T...); }
#ifdef NEAL_DEBUG
#define dbg(...) cerr << "(" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "):", dbg_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define dbg(...)
#endif

I found these in neal's submissions