Hi, Today, I tried to extract smart pointers library from Boost tree using bcp tool. Everything seems to work well: 1. I checkouted latest Boost CVS 2. I build bcp without any problems, using VC++ 8.0 3. I run bcp --cvs --list to see how many files are related to smart_ptr.hpp (and shared_ptr.hpp too). 4. Finally, I extracted smart pointers library: d:\boost_cvs> bcp --cvs smart_ptr.hpp d:\tmp\boost-smart_ptr Next, I compiled some examples using this extraction and everything works well. My only question is if this is normal that smart_ptr extraction weight is about 2.8MB ? Are there any options that can be used to make this package smaller? Here is a linsg (looong) of files that I got copied during the extraction process. Could anyone take a look at it and see if there are some files not used which can be safely removed? //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // START OF THE LIST ./boost/assert.hpp ./boost/checked_delete.hpp ./boost/config ./boost/config/abi ./boost/config/abi/borland_prefix.hpp ./boost/config/abi/borland_suffix.hpp ./boost/config/abi/msvc_prefix.hpp ./boost/config/abi/msvc_suffix.hpp ./boost/config/abi_prefix.hpp ./boost/config/abi_suffix.hpp ./boost/config/auto_link.hpp ./boost/config/compiler ./boost/config/compiler/borland.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/comeau.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/compaq_cxx.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/digitalmars.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/gcc_xml.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/greenhills.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/hp_acc.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/kai.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/mpw.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/sgi_mipspro.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/sunpro_cc.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/vacpp.hpp ./boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp ./boost/config/no_tr1 ./boost/config/no_tr1/complex.hpp ./boost/config/no_tr1/functional.hpp ./boost/config/no_tr1/memory.hpp ./boost/config/no_tr1/utility.hpp ./boost/config/platform ./boost/config/platform/aix.hpp ./boost/config/platform/amigaos.hpp ./boost/config/platform/beos.hpp ./boost/config/platform/bsd.hpp ./boost/config/platform/cygwin.hpp ./boost/config/platform/hpux.hpp ./boost/config/platform/irix.hpp ./boost/config/platform/linux.hpp ./boost/config/platform/macos.hpp ./boost/config/platform/qnxnto.hpp ./boost/config/platform/solaris.hpp ./boost/config/platform/win32.hpp ./boost/config/posix_features.hpp ./boost/config/requires_threads.hpp ./boost/config/select_compiler_config.hpp ./boost/config/select_platform_config.hpp ./boost/config/select_stdlib_config.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib ./boost/config/stdlib/dinkumware.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/libcomo.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/modena.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/msl.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/roguewave.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/sgi.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/stlport.hpp ./boost/config/stdlib/vacpp.hpp ./boost/config/suffix.hpp ./boost/config/user.hpp ./boost/config.hpp ./boost/current_function.hpp ./boost/detail ./boost/detail/atomic_count.hpp ./boost/detail/atomic_count_gcc.hpp ./boost/detail/atomic_count_pthreads.hpp ./boost/detail/atomic_count_win32.hpp ./boost/detail/bad_weak_ptr.hpp ./boost/detail/interlocked.hpp ./boost/detail/lightweight_mutex.hpp ./boost/detail/lwm_nop.hpp ./boost/detail/lwm_pthreads.hpp ./boost/detail/lwm_win32_cs.hpp ./boost/detail/quick_allocator.hpp ./boost/detail/shared_array_nmt.hpp ./boost/detail/shared_count.hpp ./boost/detail/shared_ptr_nmt.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_cw_ppc.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_gcc_ia64.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_gcc_ppc.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_gcc_x86.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_nt.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_pt.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_base_w32.hpp ./boost/detail/sp_counted_impl.hpp ./boost/detail/workaround.hpp ./boost/enable_shared_from_this.hpp ./boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp ./boost/mpl ./boost/mpl/aux_ ./boost/mpl/aux_/adl_barrier.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/arity.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/adl.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/arrays.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/ctps.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/dtp.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/eti.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/gcc.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/integral.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/intel.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/lambda.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/msvc.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/nttp.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/overload_resolution.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/preprocessor.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/static_constant.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/ttp.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/config/workaround.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/integral_wrapper.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/lambda_arity_param.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/lambda_support.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/na.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/na_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/na_spec.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/nttp_decl.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/def_params_tail.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/enum.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/filter_params.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/params.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/sub.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/tuple.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/static_cast.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/template_arity_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/value_wknd.hpp ./boost/mpl/aux_/yes_no.hpp ./boost/mpl/bool.hpp ./boost/mpl/bool_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/if.hpp ./boost/mpl/int.hpp ./boost/mpl/integral_c.hpp ./boost/mpl/integral_c_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/integral_c_tag.hpp ./boost/mpl/int_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/lambda_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/limits ./boost/mpl/limits/arity.hpp ./boost/mpl/size_t.hpp ./boost/mpl/size_t_fwd.hpp ./boost/mpl/void_fwd.hpp ./boost/non_type.hpp ./boost/preprocessor ./boost/preprocessor/arithmetic ./boost/preprocessor/arithmetic/add.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/arithmetic/dec.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/arithmetic/inc.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/arithmetic/sub.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/array ./boost/preprocessor/array/data.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/array/elem.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/array/size.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/cat.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/comma_if.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/config ./boost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/dmc ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/dmc/while.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/edg ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/edg/while.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/msvc ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/msvc/while.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/detail/while.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/expr_iif.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/if.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/iif.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/control/while.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/debug ./boost/preprocessor/debug/error.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/detail ./boost/preprocessor/detail/auto_rec.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/detail/check.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/detail/dmc ./boost/preprocessor/detail/dmc/auto_rec.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/detail/is_binary.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/empty.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/enum_params.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/facilities ./boost/preprocessor/facilities/empty.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/facilities/identity.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/identity.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/inc.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iterate.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/lower1.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/lower2.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/lower3.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/lower4.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/lower5.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/upper1.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/upper2.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/upper3.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/upper4.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/bounds/upper5.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/finish.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward1.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward2.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward3.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward4.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/forward5.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/reverse1.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/reverse2.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/reverse3.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/reverse4.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/iter/reverse5.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/local.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/rlocal.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/self.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/detail/start.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/iterate.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/local.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/iteration/self.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list ./boost/preprocessor/list/adt.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/append.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/dmc ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/dmc/fold_left.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/edg ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/edg/fold_left.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/edg/fold_right.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/fold_left.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/detail/fold_right.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/fold_left.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/fold_right.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/for_each_i.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/reverse.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/list/transform.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/logical ./boost/preprocessor/logical/and.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/logical/bitand.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/logical/bool.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/logical/compl.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/punctuation ./boost/preprocessor/punctuation/comma.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/punctuation/comma_if.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repeat.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/dmc ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/dmc/for.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/edg ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/edg/for.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/for.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/msvc ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/detail/msvc/for.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_params.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/for.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/repetition/repeat.hpp ./boost/preprocessor/slot ./boost/preprocessor/slot/detail 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./boost/type_traits/detail/bool_trait_undef.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/cv_traits_impl.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/false_result.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/ice_and.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/ice_eq.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/ice_not.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/ice_or.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/is_function_ptr_helper.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/is_function_ptr_tester.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/is_mem_fun_pointer_impl.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/is_mem_fun_pointer_tester.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/size_t_trait_def.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/size_t_trait_undef.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/template_arity_spec.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/type_trait_def.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/type_trait_undef.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/wrap.hpp ./boost/type_traits/detail/yes_no_type.hpp ./boost/type_traits/ice.hpp ./boost/type_traits/integral_constant.hpp ./boost/type_traits/intrinsics.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_abstract.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_arithmetic.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_array.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_class.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_enum.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_float.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_function.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_integral.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_member_function_pointer.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_member_pointer.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_pod.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_pointer.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_polymorphic.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_scalar.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_union.hpp ./boost/type_traits/is_void.hpp ./boost/type_traits/remove_cv.hpp ./boost/type_traits/remove_reference.hpp ./boost/type_traits/type_with_alignment.hpp ./boost/version.hpp ./boost/weak_ptr.hpp ./libs/smart_ptr ./libs/smart_ptr/src ./libs/smart_ptr/src/sp_collector.cpp ./libs/smart_ptr/src/sp_debug_hooks.cpp // END OF THE LIST //////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Thanks in advance -- Mateusz Łoskot http://mateusz.loskot.net
"Mateusz £oskot" wrote:
Today, I tried to extract smart pointers library from Boost tree using bcp tool.
3. I run bcp --cvs --list to see how many files are related to smart_ptr.hpp (and shared_ptr.hpp too).
My only question is if this is normal that smart_ptr extraction weight is about 2.8MB ? Are there any options that can be used to make this package smaller?
bcp tool is very pessimistic and errs on safety side. You may manually remove files that are not needed by trial and error method (compilers/platforms/ possibly locking code/possibly preprocessor code). However majority of these files just takes space on disk and does not increase compilation time/runtime overhead - the pruning may not be worth of the effort. /Pavel
Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
"Mateusz Łoskot" wrote:
Today, I tried to extract smart pointers library from Boost tree using bcp tool.
3. I run bcp --cvs --list to see how many files are related to smart_ptr.hpp (and shared_ptr.hpp too).
My only question is if this is normal that smart_ptr extraction weight is about 2.8MB ? Are there any options that can be used to make this package smaller?
bcp tool is very pessimistic and errs on safety side.
I can understand the first point, but what does "errs on safety side" mean exactly? Are you trying to say using bcp is not recommended because it may be not safe (for some reason) and I should avoid it?
You may manually remove files that are not needed by trial and error method (compilers/platforms/ possibly locking code/possibly preprocessor code).
Yup, I'm going to do it that way.
However majority of these files just takes space on disk and does not increase compilation time/runtime overhead - the pruning may not be worth of the effort.
Yes, I know, but I'm just asking to understand it. Cheers -- Mateusz Łoskot http://mateusz.loskot.net
Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
"Mateusz Łoskot" wrote:
Today, I tried to extract smart pointers library from Boost tree using bcp tool. 3. I run bcp --cvs --list to see how many files are related to smart_ptr.hpp (and shared_ptr.hpp too).
My only question is if this is normal that smart_ptr extraction weight is about 2.8MB ? Are there any options that can be used to make this package smaller?
bcp tool is very pessimistic and errs on safety side.
I can understand the first point, but what does "errs on safety side" mean exactly? Are you trying to say using bcp is not recommended because it may be not safe (for some reason) and I should avoid it?
Pavel said the "bcp tool ... errs on safety side" not smart pointers. The bcp tool includes any referenced "libraries" from smart_ptr in your case. So it may be that: a. smart_ptr only uses MPL for some compilers but not yours. It doesn't distinguish as it doesn't try and decipher the preprocessor code. Just that a file has "#include" some other file. b. It may be that smart_ptr includes only 1 isolated file of another library, but it may copy over more than just that file to be safe. -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo
Rene Rivera wrote:
Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
"Mateusz Łoskot" wrote:
Today, I tried to extract smart pointers library from Boost tree using bcp tool. 3. I run bcp --cvs --list to see how many files are related to smart_ptr.hpp (and shared_ptr.hpp too).
My only question is if this is normal that smart_ptr extraction weight is about 2.8MB ? Are there any options that can be used to make this package smaller?
bcp tool is very pessimistic and errs on safety side. I can understand the first point, but what does "errs on safety side" mean exactly? Are you trying to say using bcp is not recommended because it may be not safe (for some reason) and I should avoid it?
Pavel said the "bcp tool ... errs on safety side" not smart pointers. The bcp tool includes any referenced "libraries" from smart_ptr in your case. So it may be that:
a. smart_ptr only uses MPL for some compilers but not yours. It doesn't distinguish as it doesn't try and decipher the preprocessor code. Just that a file has "#include" some other file.
b. It may be that smart_ptr includes only 1 isolated file of another library, but it may copy over more than just that file to be safe.
Now, it's clear. Thanks! Cheers -- Mateusz Łoskot http://mateusz.loskot.net
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