Re: [Boost-users] Avoiding a circular reference of boost::functions

From: Simon Pickles (sipickles_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-13 17:32:54

Nat Goodspeed wrote:
> Simon Pickles wrote:
>
>> Nat Goodspeed wrote:
>>> You might want to consider Boost.Signals, which supports implicit 
>>> disconnect on destruction. 
>
>> I've heard bad things about the speed of boost signals......
>
> ? Depends on your application, I suppose. I've heard bad things about 
> the speed of C++ vs. hand-coded assembler. But there are very few 
> situations any more in which I'd willingly choose the latter.
>
> We used Boost.Signals as the central event system for an interactive 
> game. Mouse movements, UI controls, internal notifications, frame 
> updates, all used that event system. It was fine for our purposes.
Good to hear, thanks
>
> Beware of premature optimization.
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