Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1418: polymorphic archive performance improvement

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1418: polymorphic archive performance improvement
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-12-06 18:22:02

#1418: polymorphic archive performance improvement
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  Reporter:  Kim Barrett <kab_at_[hidden]>  |       Owner:  ramey        
      Type:  Patches                       |      Status:  assigned     
 Milestone:  To Be Determined              |   Component:  serialization
   Version:  Boost 1.34.1                  |    Severity:  Optimization 
Resolution:                                |    Keywords:               
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Comment (by Kim Barrett <kab_at_[hidden]>):

 I don't presently have a standalone performance test. I'll try to make one
 soon, but am in the midst of a release crunch at work right now, so it
 might be a few weeks. This issue was discovered when we measured (using
 callgrind) an application that was badly blowing its time budget, and were
 astonished to discover that more than 1/3 of the entire application time
 was being spent in the dynamic_cast in question (and this application does
 a lot more than just serialization).

 I can't provide any insight on how much use polymorphic archives are
 getting. We're presently using them to avoid instantiating serialization
 code for 3 different archive classes, though we're also looking at
 revisiting that decision and more carefully investigating the space/time
 tradeoffs and their impact on us. That investigation likely won't happen
 real soon though.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1418#comment:2>
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