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From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-11 08:09:30


Matthias Schabel <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> And it doesn't exist for GCC 2.x unless you explicitly link in a
>> particular
>> object file. See
>> http://boost-consulting.com/boost/libs/python/src/converter/type_id.cpp
>
> It might be nice to separate out this code and put it together with
> other utility stuff for debugging template metaprogramming - I
> certainly would love to see some tools that simplified the results of
> MPL expressions to
> maximize their comprehensibility as debugging metaprograms can be a
> bear...

That is a highly nontrivial job. Your best bet is to use GCC with
STLFilt to look at errors. There will be a whole chapter about this
in the upcoming MPL book.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com

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