Re: [Boost-users] BGL: Debug too slow

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] BGL: Debug too slow
From: Andrew Sutton (andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-16 10:41:00

>
> > It seems my debug build is exteremely slow in the parts that call boost
> > graph library functions.  Is there a way I can force the boost lib files
> to
> > compile with optimizations even though the rest of my app is in debug??
>
> Unlikely. Because Boost.Graph is header-only, it's compiled with whatever
> settings
> your application is. If you have few .cpp files that use BGL, you can build
> those
> .cpp files in release mode, using whatever mechanism your build system
> provides.
>

You could encapsulate your use of the BGL behind a compiled library. The
library could be built for release while the client code is in debug.
Obviously, this is unlikely to work if all of your client code is also
templated.

Andrew Sutton
andrew.n.sutton_at_[hidden]