[boost] Re: How to avoid including <vector>

From: Gary Powell (Gary.Powell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-16 12:42:43

> To reduce compile time, I would like to avoid saying
> 
> #include <vector>
> 
> which increases the effective size of the file from dozens of lines 
> to dozens of thousands of lines.
> 
> As I see it, my choices include
> 
> 1) Just include <vector> and stop whining
> 2) Change the signature to f(const A * inList, int inListLength)
> 3) Create my own non-portable <stlfwd> which is like <iosfwd> but for 
> stl types.
> 
> 
Forward declare it:

namespace std {
template<class T,class Alloc> vector<T,Alloc>;
}

-gary-