Re: [boost] Greta download

From: John Maddock (jm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-25 06:52:26

> The bloat points on Greta and Regexp++ is really interesting.
> I have raised this bloat issue with Regexp++, but got no support :((
> and never knew another bloat is on its way :-)

Did you, when? I must have missed it, sorry.

> I particularly blamed boost for the Regexp++ bloat, since the version
> before boost is still about 250 KB DLL on VC6 :-( What really have changed
> that much?

New traits classes added, template instances moved into the dll (so that
they get shared between your code and the dll, rather than duplicated).  But
as I keep saying TRY STATIC LINKING!!

John Maddock
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