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1. Problems templating a class for the first time    bytes.com

2. Techniques to reduce template compile time    bytes.com

"PengYu.UT@gmail.com" One problem to use templates extensively is that it tends to take a long time to compile. Other than changing to a different compiler, are there any techniques to reduce the compile time? > 1. Precompiled headers - if your compiler supports precompiled headers, put all template header includes into it and use it ...

3. compile time detection of multiple template class usage    bytes.com

alexandru.nicau@gmail.com Hello All, I've got this huge class hierarchy (the naive solution to the following cannot be accepted). Throughout the code I need to instantiate a template wrapper class at several locations. Easy does, I change the code and wrap all the members I want into TmplWrp. Assume it's bad if I've got some member wrapped into TmplWrp then one of ...

4. Using templates to enforce compile-time bounds checking    bytes.com

I have the following program that uses an array of chars to simulate a bit set: --------- // An out-of-bounds exception class BoundsException {}; template class Bitset { public: Bitset() { // Clear all the bits in the bit flag bytes for (int i = 0; i < charCount; ++i) { bitFlags[i] = 0; } } // ...

5. Templates -- First Time Not Going Well At All    forums.devshed.com

You have to put the implementation of your template members into the header file or #include the implementation file at the bottom of the header. Reason is that all the template implementation has to be known to the compiler when the template is instantiated. If the implementation is in a different file the compiler can't find it ( unless the compiler ...