Re: [Boost-users] Serialization triggers .lib and .exp file generationin VS2005

From: Thomas Voigt (spock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-10 14:59:48

Robert Ramey schrieb:
> This is a side effect of the steps taken inhibit the compiler from
> eliminationg code not explicitly referred to. (aka code stripping).

So is there a way around it? Since we use boost in a rather controlled 
environment (only VS2005) we could patch it locally.

> Just ignore the *.exp and *.lib files.  I 'm surprised that they
> take a lot of time to generate but I don't know how to
> avoid it and have the serialization library still work as
> advertised.

I would estimate that the generation takes 20-30 seconds. This may not 
seem long, but it adds up over the course of a day.

Regards, Thomas