[boost] Re: An alternative typeof macro

From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-03 06:02:24

Peder Holt wrote:
> Basically the same argument that Daniel had. Probably cheaper to build
> than a vector, but since the lookup times are greater (at least for
> the latter elements in the sequence) you will probably not gain much
> anyway.

That wasn't actually my argument.  The main advantage that I saw was 
replacing:

     template <typename Vector, typename T> struct encode;

with:

     template <typename T> struct encode;

The possible advantage is that compilers can reuse more instantiations 
of encode. It might also simplify this heavily specialised template.

Unfortunately, this is all speculation. I haven't done anything to back 
it up. Since I can't use the more recent versions of Visual C++, I can't 
even test on that compiler.

Daniel