Re: [boost] [locale] Review

Subject: Re: [boost] [locale] Review
From: Max Sobolev (macsmr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-20 03:10:05

On 20.04.2011 0:40, Artyom wrote:
> From: Mathias Gaunard<mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]>
>> Template  meta-programming is not a mean to duplicate code.
>> [...]
>
> I mean binary code.
>
> When you have
>
> template<typename Type>
> class foo {
>     void bar() { something type independent }
> }
>
>
> And then use:
>
>    foo<char>
>
> and
>
>    foo<wchar_t>
>
> bar would be eventually duplicated in binary
> code as
>
>    void foo<char>::bar();
>    void foo<wchar_t>::bar();
>
> Regardless the fact it does the same job.
> And finally you get huge executables that
> basically copy same things around.

There are techniques to prevent code bloat: in this case you can inherit 
from type independent base class (with type independent code)

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