Re: [GD-General] Compile times

[Thatcher U. <tu...@tu...>]

On Dec 09, 2002 at 02:38 -0800, Brian Hook wrote:

> > What are the alternatives other than rolling your own?
> 
> Rolling your own? =)
> 
> For C++, unless you want a base root Object class, there's no
> alternative, since STL is templatized and gives you the static type
> checking that many feel is so vitally important.

Actually I think there's a really good alternative, if your primary
beef with STL is compile times: minimal vector<> and map<> workalikes.

Basic vector<> comprises about 95% of my usage of STL, and map<> is an
additional 4.9%.  One thing I learned from scripting languages is that
array and hash are the only two basic data structures that really
matter.

The simple STL-alike array<> and hash<> templates that I use for my
personal stuff take about 350 lines, and I consider them very
worthwhile.  (They're mediocre, but public domain, if anyone wants the
link.)

-- 
Thatcher Ulrich
http://tulrich.com