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Re: Support for export keyword to use with C++ templates ?
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> Timothy Madden <terminatorul@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 2:24 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
>>> Timothy Madden <terminatorul@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Why is it so hard to store template definitions (and the set of
>>>> symbols visible to them) in an
>>>> object file, probably as a representation of the parsed template source tree ?
>>>
>>> I recommend reading "Why We Can't Afford Export."
>>
>> I have seen that paper in the link, N1426, and I find it to be biased
>> against export ...
>
> It may be biased, but I think it does a nice job of explaining why it
> is so hard to store template definitions and the set of symbols
> visible to them.
No, it only scares people off the subject ...
So nobody here wants to try a big thing ? :(
How long would it take for someone to understand how parsing works in
g++ ? Or to understand the build system in gcc ?
Thank you,
Timothy Madden