From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-07 06:51:17
"E. Gladyshev" <egladysh_at_[hidden]> writes:
> [...]
>> Yes, it's true that each type must be checked. So perhaps "complexity"
>> is not the correct word to use. Nonetheless, compile-time *performance*
>> will be hampered, as there is a difference between O(N) and O(2N) when
>> waiting for compilation to finish, even if they are both in theory O(N).
>
> So you decided that it is worth to make the first type special.
> Well, seems like a strange justification to me but anyway...
Me too, FWIW. In generic code it may not be so easy to control the
properties of the type which comes first.
-- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com