[boost] Re: physical-quantities

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-08 13:15:06

Matthias Schabel <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> I think a good starting point for reducing compile time, and more
>> importantly, *code-writing time* would be to shorten those names.
>
> I don't really know about compile time reduction - a smart compiler
> will undoubtedly use a hash of some sort to reduce names into integers
> or something more manageable...  

Note: my research indicates most compilers are not very smart.
I doubt name length will have much of an effect, though.  Nesting, on
the other hand... ;-)

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Dave Abrahams
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