Re:Trying out C++20's modules with Clang and Make
by maccard on Sunday October 15, 2023 @06:43PM
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We have a handful of expensive, widely used templates in my work project.
We put the extern definition in a precompiled header and we have an externals.cpp file. It works a treat.
> Ah, I didn't realize, my bad.
Yeah, a huge beat was missed here. I don't envy the compiler writers, but surely we could have spent 6 months out of the last 19 years defining a common format, even if it defined <implementatiom defined blob> for the meat of the work.
We put the extern definition in a precompiled header and we have an externals.cpp file. It works a treat.
> Ah, I didn't realize, my bad. Yeah, a huge beat was missed here. I don't envy the compiler writers, but surely we could have spent 6 months out of the last 19 years defining a common format, even if it defined <implementatiom defined blob> for the meat of the work.