From: "Kenneth Porter" <shiva@well.com>
To: "c++-embedded@cygnus.com" <c++-embedded@cygnus.com>
Subject: template bloat
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 17:50:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <199808260051.UAA01586@mail1.ispnews.com> (raw)
Many of us, I'm sure, avoid templates because they often generate
identical code differentiated only by parameter types, but not by the
final binary. This usually happens where the template parameter is a
pointer and the template doesn't dereference the pointer. For example,
an STL container of pointers will suffer from this effect.
It would be nice if the tool chain could identify these situations and
merge templates that are binary-equivalent. One way to do this is to
assign a checksum to every routine in the compiler and have the linker
look for routines with the same checksum. These can then be further
examined to see if the code is identical and can then be merged.
For debugging, the feature could be disabled for all routines that
don't share common source (ie. non-templates).
Ken
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next reply other threads:[~1998-08-25 17:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-08-25 17:50 Kenneth Porter [this message]
1998-08-26 15:51 Kenneth Porter
1998-08-27 4:05 Michael Bruck
1998-08-27 5:12 Jackie Chen
1998-08-27 6:23 ` Pete Becker
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