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Re: C++ templates and cygwin?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf@redhat.com>
> >do you mean the STL, or handling of templates? I'd have thought that
> >older g++'s were irrelevant as cygwin is built with a patched gcc
> >anyway - can that not be set as a minimum requirement?
>
> Both, actually. I thought that there were problems with templates in
> general and STL in particular. Or maybe incompatibilities is a better
> way of describing the problem.
I'm not sure. I don't think gcc had a full STL until quite recently -
but as I've never used the STL I'm guessing :].
> Now, I'm wondering if there were code size issues too. Is it
possible
> that using STL will pull in lots of extra unneeded cruft?
The STL is not an issue for me - it's the template capability. I'm more
than happy to roll a new iterator without the STL - if the STL is the
issue.
I don't believe that using the STL per se generates cruft though - it's
quite highly optimised code in there.
Rob