Re: [boost] Request For a feature - Templated virtual functions

Subject: Re: [boost] Request For a feature - Templated virtual functions
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-13 05:49:19

Gokulakannan Somasundaram wrote:

> I got even better results for switch with Visual Studio, but on Linux gcc
> 4.3.2, i am getting almost equal values for both.  But we can say for sure
> that Boost Variant is not as fast as the direct function call. . That's why
> i am requesting a feature to allow limited functionality of  templates
> inside the virtual functions.

Well you can't do dynamic dispatch any faster than with a switch.