Re: [boost] Re: errors building boost on MSVC71 - directory_iterator missing"advance" and "decrement" ?

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-12-17 15:17:43

At 12:59 PM 12/17/2003, David Abrahams wrote:

 >IIUC Exporting a class template in a DLL instantiates all of its
 >non-template member functions, so yes, that's the problem.
 >
 >There are a few possible fixes:
 >
 >  1. stop exporting it; make everything inline (you can dispatch to
 >     exported implementation functions).
 >
 >  2. provide dummy advance and decrement functions
 >
 >I'm sure there are a few others, but those are the ones that are
 >obvious to me.  I prefer #1 because it prevents misuse from compiling.

I'l have to think about it a bit, but #1 also seems better to me.

Thanks for the suggestions,

--Beman