Re: [boost] Re: Regexp code bloat

From: Miroslav Silovic (miro_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-25 10:02:11

John Maddock wrote:

>Accepted, but this is like saying that I don't want my C++ compiler to
>support features that I never use (cause the program files are too big),
>both are interpreters at the end of the day.  As Andrei says to can do this
>with preprocessing, but it sure is a pain...
>
The real issue is that regexp library can (and therefore should) be 
fixed for real - installing a few virtual methods could prevent the 
whole code from being reinstantiated. I'm saying that the size gain is 
more than worthy the small speed loss.

And I really (as in, *REALLY*) don't like static linking. To me, the 
micropain of dealing with POSIX regexps (and just calling C) is pretty 
much the same as the micropain of setting up the Makefile.am - I 
wouldn't bother with either if I can help it. :)

    Miro