Re: [Boost-users] [boost_signals] How can i accelerate the compile process under VC.net?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boost_signals] How can i accelerate the compile process under VC.net?
From: Alex MDC (alex.mdc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-18 20:43:16

>
> The boost libs(ver 1_34_1) have already been installed and built correctly.
> But i still find that the compile precess of each file of my project
> will become quite slow if a boost function call is included. The total time
> spending on the compilation of my project may exceed 20 minutes.  And I
> think that is quite long if compared with the compilation of a project with
> pure funcitons of VC libs.
>
> Can anyone give me any advice on how to accelerate the compilation? Thanks
> ahead.
>

Are you using pre-compiled headers?

If not, each compilation unit (.cpp file) will be pulling in the complete
include tree and recompiling it every time.