Home › Nobody Understands C++: Part 5: Template Code Bloat

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Thu, 2008-08-28 15:08 — Jasmeet Bagga (not verified)

Templates have a lot of

Templates have a lot of positives, I don't think fast compiles time is
really one of them. Sure it may compile faster the first time (as you compile
only the members you need) but since all template code has to live in
header files (yes there is export, but it never seems to do the job). When
code is being tweaked/developed/enhanced this can lead to a lot of
compilation pain.

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