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Precompiled headers are a big hack. As pcwalton mentioned, the problem was actually solved when people invented real module systems.
by ufo 11y ago
Precompiled headers are a big hack. As pcwalton mentioned, the problem was actually solved when people invented real module systems.
- the_why_of_y 11y agoWhich, notably, happened decades before the first implementation of the precompiled headers hack.
- TillE 11y agoYes. Well. And just a few short decades later, modules will most likely make it into C++17.
- steveklabnik 11y agoIn my understanding, they won't: https://botondballo.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/trip-report-c-standards-meeting-in-lenexa-may-2015/ https://botondballo.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/trip-report-c-s... > Modules making it into C++17 is less likely. However, they do say > That said, from a user’s perspective, I don’t think this is any reason to > despair: the feature is still likely to become available to users in the > 2017 timeframe, even if it’s in the form of a TS.