I've uploaded an updated version.
Rob Stewart wrote: In the pimpl library case, the pimpl member functions I was referring to were as simple as they get. Now, taking another look, I note that the policies inline some functions that probably shouldn't be inlined. As coded in the version of the library I have, for example, base::get() is much too big to assume inlining is a good idea (it constructs and throws an exception if a condition is satisfied). If you change base::get() to simply return the dereferenced pointer, then it should be inlined. Then, pimpl::operator -() will be an inlined call to base::get(), and base::get() will be inlined to nothing more than a pointer dereference. Thus, using a pimpl will be just the same as using a raw pointer (when using the member selection operator, at least).
I've now inlined all the pimpl functions. Regards, Asger Mangaard