Re: [boost] Proposal: Require forward declaration header per library

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-07-20 07:32:12

From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
> Before we embark on such a change, however, I think it's important to have
> some clear idea of the potential benefit to users. Are there numbers? If
> they've been posted, I must have missed them.

FWIW I think that a reasonable approach is to accept the library as-is,
collect user feedback on how it's used and then provide forwarding headers
if needed.

How a forwarding header affects performance depends greatly on the library
design.

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Peter Dimov
Multi Media Ltd.