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Re: auto instantiation?
- From: Axel Freyn <axel-freyn at gmx dot de>
- To: gcc-help at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:49:57 +0200
- Subject: Re: auto instantiation?
- References: <23961459.post@talk.nabble.com>
Hi Dave,
> When using some big libraries, they will have a folder full of
> "instantiation" files which declare templates with commonly used types. I
> read somewhere that you can turn on "auto instantiation" with some compilers
> which will allow you to use any type you'd like in a templated class in a
> library without having to create an instantiation file. Can you do this with
> g++?
That should be possible using the option "-frepo":
from the man-page:
-frepo
Enable automatic template instantiation at link time. This
option also implies -fno-implicit-templates.
HTH,
Axel