4 Feb
2015
4 Feb
'15
5:24 p.m.
Paul A. Bristow wrote:
The effect of C++Modules is likely to be very big (and the benefits big too).
All our work reducing dependency could be in vain, or even make things worse.
No module system, however magical, will let you include a header from a module you haven't downloaded and installed. And therefore, if we cut the number of cross-module includes (also known as dependencies), this can only lower the number of the required downloads when you only want a subset of Boost, it can never increase them.