Re: [boost] PREPROCESSOR library is now in CVS

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-12-01 08:47:38

At 04:24 PM 11/30/2001, Jens Maurer wrote:

 >Beman Dawes wrote:
 >> Are you talking about compile time, test program execution time, or 
both?
 >
 >Both.  However, I think compile time is more important, because
 >we really don't want to clutter our regression tests with
 >tests specifically crafted to measure library execution time.

Yes, agreed.  If we do start testing execution time at some future date, it 
should be a completely separate set of test programs, crafted for the 
purpose, and compiled with optimization turned on.

 >I've added a CPU time output to all "execute" calls (this includes
 >both compiler and test program execution), which shows up in the
 >full regression test logs  (Unix only for now).  Anyone wanting a HTML
 >page can distill the info from that.

Good.

Hum... I tried to download the linux log, but got strange results.  Claimed 
to download 2 megs in 1 second, and file was unusable.  Tried again with 
same results.

 >> are meaningful differences between compilers.
 >
 >For the preprocessor library, there are huge differences:
 >GCC is "immediate", Comeau chews along for > 1 minute or so.

Interesting.  I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

Thanks,

--Beman