Re: [jamboost] class.jam performance issues

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-22 13:17:09

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [jamboost] class.jam performance issues

> David Abrahams wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>
> >
> > > Well, comparing a list of targets, where target is a class instance,
it
> >
> > still
> >
> > > very hard.
> >
> > Why?
>
> How will you compare two class instances?

What does it mean to compare them? Do you need more than identity
comparison? For identity comparison you just compare the names, so there
must be more to it than that. Maybe each such class should be able to spit
out an "internal representation" string which can be compared.

I don't know...

-Dave