[boost] Re: Review Request: FC++

From: Jason House (jhouse_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-13 15:40:00

David Abrahams wrote:

> Mat Marcus <mat-boost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>In the runtime world we have inlining and as a result I'm used to
>>waving my hands and saying that the generic style doesn't incur
>>extra overhead on a "reasonable compiler". I suppose there's not
>>really an analog in the compile time world. 
> 
> 
> Nope, not until we have a meta-compilation phase.  The fact that you
> only pay once for instantiation is close.

I'm curious as to what you're thinking about.  What do you mean by a 
meta-compilation phase and, more importantly, what do you expect it to 
achieve?