Hi Jody, --- Jody Hagins <jody-boost-011304@atdesk.com> wrote:
I know you want a header only library, but others have voiced the need to not pollute the namespace with all the stuff from various network library header files and such. This almost requires a library implemented behind the interface.
Given that such a decision should not affect the library's interface, I think it's an implementation approach that is worth discussing (although perhaps after the external interface is refined ;). However, due to the heavy use of templates only a small amount of it would be able to go in a library (e.g. OS wrapper facades).
Along that line, compiles are very slow, probably due to the all-header implementation.
I find it slowest with g++, but quite fast with MSVC say, even without precompiled headers. I put the slow compile speed down to the use of templates more than the headers themselves because g++'s precompiled header support only sped up the compile by about 30%. Cheers, Chris