[boost] Re: BOOST_NO_RTTI?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-08 09:52:23

John Maddock wrote:
>> Okay, so let's have BOOST_NO_RTTI defined when the compiler/environment
>> does not support RTTI, and we can use it to turn off use of RTTI in some 
>> Boost components :)
>>
>> But Peter is right, there are macros here... perhaps BOOST_NO_RTTI and 
>> BOOST_NO_DYNAMIC_RTTI, with the former implying the latter.
> 
> Sounds reasonable to me, but do we ever use RTTI in non-dynamic situations 
> anyway?

I don't know, but Boost.Python could be set up to use a reduced set of
capabilities when only "static" RTTI was available.

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Dave Abrahams
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