Re: [boost] [Variant] C++11 variadic template implementation

On 15/04/12 21:17, Larry Evans wrote:

Wouldn't variadic templates avoid one of the problems the OP mentioned:

(extending the number of types that variant can support forces you to disable the use of precompiled headers).

? OTOH, it may be that using variadic templates would not lessen the compile time. Is that what you mean by "would not help"?

I was under the impression that Boost.Variant required a switch statement, that cannot be generated by variadic templates.