Re: [boost] Re: About "bignum.zip" 1 (was: New file uploaded to boost)

From: Helmut Zeisel (helmut.zeisel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-04 23:45:37

Daryle Walker wrote:

> 
> The problem with just #including <iostream> is that you'll import the
> standard I/O objects (std::cin, etc.), which will make your final program a
> lot heavier if you didn't need them.
> 
>

Shouldn't a good compiler create equivalent code in both cases,
i.e. don't create code for things that are not used?

Anyway, we are working with real, ot with ideal compilers :-(

Helmut