Re: [boost] template meta-programm debugging helper as a library

From: Frank Birbacher (bloodymir.crap_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-09 19:31:56

Hi!

Matus Chochlik schrieb:
>> Other difference is my use of std::string as a return type. Seems you
>> have a complex system to compute string length and use char*. Not sure
>> which one is the best but I'm willing to hear the rationale behind this
>> choice.
> 
> Well there is no bulletproof ;) rationale behind this. I've made some
> performance
> tests with both char* buffer and with ::std::string and char* buffer did better.
> When formatting the type name of a complicated template there is a lot of
> string copying and realocation.

Which is why there is a stringstream. You won't return anything but 
instead write into a ostream& directly. This reduces the complexity of 
the algorithm.

Frank