* Win32 issues with Templates and Libs *

Walter Bright newshound at digitalmars.com
Tue Feb 20 12:11:26 PST 2007


Frits van Bommel wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> You'll care <g> once templates get complex enough. It's been a big 
>> problem with C++.
> 
> I'd prefer bloated object files over link errors as well...
> 
> Perhaps a command-line option could be added to emit templates in 
> situations like this, so object files don't increase in size because of 
> this unless necessary?

My experience with those command line options is almost nobody is able 
to use them successfully. (They were used in the early days of C++ 
before COMDATs.)



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