[boost] Pimpl library in the file vault

From: Asger Mangaard (tmb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-06 03:31:25

I've uploaded an updated version.

> Rob Stewart wrote:
> In the pimpl library case, the pimpl member functions I was
> referring to were as simple as they get.  Now, taking another
> look, I note that the policies inline some functions that
> probably shouldn't be inlined.  As coded in the version of the
> library I have, for example, base::get() is much too big to
> assume inlining is a good idea (it constructs and throws an
> exception if a condition is satisfied).  If you change
> base::get() to simply return the dereferenced pointer, then it
> should be inlined.  Then, pimpl::operator -() will be an inlined
> call to base::get(), and base::get() will be inlined to nothing
> more than a pointer dereference.  Thus, using a pimpl will be
> just the same as using a raw pointer (when using the member
> selection operator, at least).

I've now inlined all the pimpl functions.

Regards,
Asger Mangaard