auto instantiation?

[Axel Freyn]

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