Re: [boost] [Booster] Or boost is useless for library developers

Subject: Re: [boost] [Booster] Or boost is useless for library developers
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-20 15:48:12

Lassi Tuura wrote:
>
> Some quick examples for templates:
>
> - boost::intrusive_ptr<T>::~intrusive_ptr(), at least 15 kB
> in numerous instances, I guess includes dtor cost for T in some cases.
> - boost::detail::sp_counted_impl_p<T>::~sp_counted_impl_p(),
> at least 10kB total in lots of 15-byte functions.
> -
> boost::exception_detail::clone_impl<boost::exception_detail::e
> rror_info_injector<T> >::~clone_impl() and "non-virtual thunk
> to", also at least 20kB via hundred+ small bits (max about
> 100 bytes each).
> - boost::shared_ptr<T>::operator=(boost::shared_ptr<T>
> const&) also at least 10kB.
> - typeinfo and vtable for boost::detail::sp_counted_impl_p<T>
> tens of kilobytes (50 or more).

All of those are, presumably, for different T's, right?  Can that be counted as duplication?  Not if the destructor code is dependent on T, which a delete would be (and is most of those functions).

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer, Core Software      using std::disclaimer;
Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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