[Boost-users] build times

From: gast128 (gast128_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-04 11:11:16

Dear all,

we use boost a lot in our code, but unfortunately this slows down the build 
times enormously. Although we use the precompiled header in Visual Studio, 
tracing the includes (with the /showincludes option), it seems that even 
relatively basic libraries (e.g. tuples, boost\utility.hpp, boost function and 
boost bind) end up in a massive include of mpl and type traits header files.

So I begin to wonder if this wonderful template and preprocessor stuff is 
really such a good idea for those basic library. Besides that it doesn't 
improve the readability of the source, my guess is that it has a negative 
effect on short build times.

Can a boost guru comment on this? Note that this is not a criticism, only an 
observation. I always like to write a boost bind construction, especailly with 
the == addition in 1.33.

Wkr,
me