On 2/24/2011 8:57 AM, Joel de Guzman wrote:
So will TMP scale? Definitely! Will there be a future for Phoenix and other template heavy libraries? Unequivocally YES!
At the very least I would say: Phoenix3 is ahead of its time. Thomas Heller did an amazing job!
Ugh, these valid concerns about compile time and space are ... valid. Yes, it'll get better over time, Joel's right, but there are things that can be done today. Proto and Fusion can be preprocessed like MPL. Proto can use variadic templates and rvalue references where available to bring down the number of overloads. Things /can/ be better today. If only there were more time.
Thomas and I found a nice and simple way to do the preprocessing to Phoenix V3 which required a coupe of hours of hacking for it to be added. The effect was significant (see attached figure). Therefore, I can only encourage to add partial preprocessing to Fusion and Proto! Regards Hartmut --------------- http://boost-spirit.com
