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From: Daniel Frey (daniel.frey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-02-17 08:00:12


David Abrahams wrote:
>
> Daniel Frey <daniel.frey_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > And finally, if I got you right, it might
> > also be useful to use my is_class-version to add it even if we have 3
> > versions in is_class then. I guess that the "older EDG-versions" you
> > refer to are really slow when having to instantiate all the dependecies
> > of is_class's workaround, right?
>
> Probably not noticeably slow to instantiate that one template, but
> most EDG compilers (except the very latest) have abysmally slow
> template instantiation speed, and these things do add up.

Yeah, especially given the increasingly recursive use of templates. I
think no one imagined that when the compilers were developed. Thus we
should check if older versions of EDG-based compilers like the code
provided. Do you have some compilers in mind that are likely to benefit
noticably?

Regards, Daniel

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