Re: [boost] [ptr_container] abstraction penalty

From: Michael Marcin (mmarcin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-20 18:05:13

Peter Dimov wrote:
> 
> It's possible that the implementation in terms of vector<void*> is
> introducing too much abstraction for the compiler to handle. Have you
> considered simply using vector<T*> and leaving the void* folding to
> the standard library?
> 
> Judging by the ARM assembly, I wouldn't be surprised if
> vector<T>::iterator is T* on this compiler, decreasing the
> abstraction penalty even further. 

It is using STLPort on top of OpenC for Symbian OS 9.1

the STLPort version define is
#   define _STLPORT_VERSION                               0x463

and yes vector iterator is simply value_type*