Doug Gregor wrote:
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Peter Foelsche<peter_foelsche@agilent.com> wrote:
"Doug Gregor" <doug.gregor@gmail.com> wrote in message news:24b520d20907231123u1f71b719y7523f1e17aac42e5@mail.gmail.com...
Function needs to work when RTTI is not available. It's acceptable for
why would RTTI not be available? What exactly forces you to switch off RTTI? Why does this compiler switch exist?
RTTI has a non-trivial cost, so some users disable this feature. In particular, RTTI tends to make binaries larger, since compilers produce additional functions that are needed to support the RTTI facilities. In any case, Boost.Function shouldn't try to dictate what language features users use, and it's perfectly acceptable for Boost.Function to provide less functionally when RTTI is not available.
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Not to mention that RTTI simply isn't available in some environments.