Re: [Boost-users] [mpl] newbie question

From: Andy Little (andy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-25 16:31:07

"Noel Belcourt" wrote
>
> On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:49 AM, Andy Little wrote:
>
>>
>> "Noel Belcourt"  wrote
>>
>>> I'm just curious but what kind of test are these numbers (30 -> 4
>>> seconds) measuring?
>>>
>>> After buying Dave and Aleksy's MPL book, I went ahead and implemented
>>> the
>>> quantity<T,D> prototype they proposed to do dimensional analysis, then
>>> added
>>> unit support, enforcement and conversion, but not automatic conversion
>>> and
>>> also added support for dimensionless numbers.  I have, in my mind's
>>> eye, a very
>>> full featured pqs-like system that relies heavily on mpl and I've not
>>> seen any sort
>>> of compile speed problems like you report.
>>
>> If that is the case that is great.  Is there any chance of seeing the
>> library?
>
> Yeah, it can be done but it may take a little effort.  There's no
> documentation of any kind except for one line comments
> preceding the BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT's scattered
> throughout the code.  And where do I put it, in the sandbox?

Yes, but I think its called  the boost vault now.

regards
Andy Little