<iosfwd> also standard for std::string declaration?

[Nathan Myers]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 02:23:15PM -0700, landrum Alfred wrote:
> I'm trying to reduce my compile times.  I have several
> headers that are including <string>, even though they
> only need a declaration.    
> 
> I noticed that <iosfwd> on my RH8 box includes
> bits/stringfwd.h.  
> 
> Does this imply that including <iosfwd> is a standard
> way to get a forward declaration of std::string?   

No, it's a non-standard way.  BTW, have you measured a difference?

Nathan Myers
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