Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Boost & Continuous Integration
From: Jeff Flinn (TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-27 09:27:54
Igor R wrote:
>> One possible solution would be to use pImpl idiom and use boost in cpp files
>> via the forward declartion. This might work in conjunction by splitting one
>> big project in producing multiple libs or shared objects (dlls) and link
>> against binaries with slim headers.
>
> The problem is that such an approach doesn't work if a project
> contains a lot of class templates, which in turn use boost.
> MSVC9 has /MP switch that enables "build with multiple processes", but
> it's very limited, as it conflicts with /Gm (enable minimal rebuilds)
> and some other options...
We use Incredibuild from http://www.xoreax.com/ it's worth every penny.
It distributes our builds over 20 processors.
Jeff