Re: [boost] [log] Review attempt

Subject: Re: [boost] [log] Review attempt
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-09 14:36:41

Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 03/09/2010 08:53 PM, Roland Bock wrote:
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>> The process cc1plus was running about 20 minutes (100%CPU, moderate RAM
>>>> usage) before anything else happened.
>>>
>>> It looks like 4.2 is somehow unhappy with the code.
>>
>> Following a hint from Sean Chittenden, I downloaded the current code
>> from the boost.log svn. Compilation still seems to take forever (20
>> minutes), but it now compiles. Here is the 20min gap:
>>
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 rbock rbock 5690672 2010-03-09 18:19 filter_parser.o
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 rbock rbock 4972776 2010-03-09 18:39 formatter_parser.o
>>
>> I wonder if it is possible to speed it up (or to break it up into
>> smaller packages). I almost killed the process after 15 minutes...
>>
>> Anyway, I am going to start experimenting tomorrow...
> 
> These parsers do, indeed, give a hard time to compilers. I tried to 
> reduce the footprint but apparently some compilers still barely cope 
> with them. Not sure what can be done, but I'll try to experiment some 
> more. Suggestions from Boost.Spirit gurus are welcome. :)

What are the parsers? If they are for things like

        "[%TimeStamp%]: %_%"

then do you actually need Boost.Spirit?

- Volodya