From: gast128 (gast128_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-04 11:11:16
Dear all,
we use boost a lot in our code, but unfortunately this slows down the build
times enormously. Although we use the precompiled header in Visual Studio,
tracing the includes (with the /showincludes option), it seems that even
relatively basic libraries (e.g. tuples, boost\utility.hpp, boost function and
boost bind) end up in a massive include of mpl and type traits header files.
So I begin to wonder if this wonderful template and preprocessor stuff is
really such a good idea for those basic library. Besides that it doesn't
improve the readability of the source, my guess is that it has a negative
effect on short build times.
Can a boost guru comment on this? Note that this is not a criticism, only an
observation. I always like to write a boost bind construction, especailly with
the == addition in 1.33.
Wkr,
me