Re: [boost] New implementation of remove_xxx for vintage compilers

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-13 20:33:55

Eric Niebler wrote:
> John Maddock wrote:
> 
>>Eric, can you and Peder co-operate on getting an improved version up and 
>>running, and tested with python as requested?
>>
> 
> Certainly.
> 

I haven't forgotten about this. :-) I have been playing with Peder's 
remove_xxx implementation for vc6 and vc7.0 and the results look really 
good so far. All the type_traits remove_* tests pass on these compilers 
with the patch. Also, python builds successfully, and approx 20% faster 
with the change. (The number seems large to me, I should rerun the tests 
to be sure.) The python tests also all pass. This is after disabling 
BOOST_TT_BROKEN_COMPILER_SPEC and using Peder's remove_* implementations.

I hope to run the full set of Boost's regression tests with the changes 
and compare with the results from HEAD. But that will have to wait until 
I get back from OOPSLA.

-- 
Eric Niebler
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com