* Win32 issues with Templates and Libs *

[James Dennett]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Pragma wrote:
>> That raises an interesting question: seeing as how it's using the same
>> backend, how does DMC handle this problem for C++?
> 
> Unlike D, a C++ compiler has no idea what templates are instantiated in
> other files. So it instantiates everything. This is one reason why C++
> builds are so much slower than D.

It's fairly common for C++ compilers to use some kind
of storage to record which templates are instantiated
from which files, and has been for quite a few years.

-- James