[boost] Re: [parameter] Comments and concerns

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-29 18:21:16

Cromwell Enage <sponage_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> That's alarming!  But do you mean that the compiler
>> gets slow (and if so, which compiler?), or are you
>> actually saying that the parameter library induces
>> runtime costs that slow down WxWidgets programs to a
>> crawl?  That's almost impossible for me to believe.
>
> Did I say that the compiler "grinds to a halt"?  

No, but people are often imprecise so I didn't know what you meant.

> I meant that the executable "runs into a brick wall", or "hangs".
>
> But that was when I ran the tests using the old version
> (Boost.NamedParams).
>
> The tests now run just fine using the current version
> (Boost.Parameter).  

Whew!

> So, sorry for the noise.

Not at all!  If recent changes hadn't fixed the problem by chance, it
would have been very important to know about it.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com