On 01/16/2012 09:40 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 09:32:57PM +0100, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
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I... don't think the error messages from expanding raw object code
would be very pleasant to read, if you used a template incorrectly...
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It doesn't have to be *executable* object code; the compiler may store
extra info (perhaps as debugging data?) so that it can generate nicer
error messages.
But like I said, this assumes the compiler is allowed to store arbitrary
data inside object files, which may not be the case on some platforms.
T
How would your proposal help hiding implementation details of templates
anyway? All information still needs to be stored. Anyone could write a
object file -> source file compiler for template implementations.
