[boost] Re: Review Request: FC++

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-13 16:22:12

Jason House <jhouse_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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?

Compilation of metafunctions down to some kind of object code would
allow inlining, and naturally, faster template instantiation.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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