Re: [boost] Request For a feature - Templated virtual functions

Gokulakannan Somasundaram wrote:

I got even better results for switch with Visual Studio, but on Linux gcc 4.3.2, i am getting almost equal values for both. But we can say for sure that Boost Variant is not as fast as the direct function call. . That's why i am requesting a feature to allow limited functionality of templates inside the virtual functions.

Well you can't do dynamic dispatch any faster than with a switch.