[boost] Re: Formal Review: Command Line & Config library

From: Chuck Messenger (chuckm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-27 06:37:35

Vladimir Prus wrote:

> Yep. This question was raised already. I think that making templates out of 
> all classes is *a* solution, but I'm not sure it's *the* solution. The
> problem is that extensive template usage would prevent making library ---
> either shared or static. I think that would be a big downside. 

Why does that matter?  The great majority of other Boost libraries are 
header-file-only.  I think of .cpp components of Boost libraries as a 
sometimes-necessary evil, not as a desired feature.

     - Chuck Messenger