Daniel Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Abrahams wrote: >> >> Daniel Frey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > And finally, if I got you right, it might >> > also be useful to use my is_class-version to add it even if we have 3 >> > versions in is_class then. I guess that the "older EDG-versions" you >> > refer to are really slow when having to instantiate all the dependecies >> > of is_class's workaround, right? >> >> Probably not noticeably slow to instantiate that one template, but >> most EDG compilers (except the very latest) have abysmally slow >> template instantiation speed, and these things do add up. > > Yeah, especially given the increasingly recursive use of templates. I > think no one imagined that when the compilers were developed. Thus we > should check if older versions of EDG-based compilers like the code > provided. Do you have some compilers in mind that are likely to benefit > noticably?
I think even Intel 7 is using the old front-end, but Intel 6 certainly. I don't know whether you'll _notice_ a difference, though. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost