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The flexible option specification mechanism used by Boost.Intrusive for hooks and containers has a couple of downsides:
#include <boost/intrusive/list.hpp> using namespace boost::intrusive; //Explicitly specify constant-time size and size type typedef list<T, constant_time_size<true>, size_type<std::size_t> List1; //Implicitly specify constant-time size and size type typedef list<T> List2;
To solve these issues Boost.Intrusive offers
some helper metafunctions that reduce symbol lengths and create the same type
if the same options (either explicitly or implicitly) are used. These also
improve compilation times. All containers and hooks have their respective
make_xxx
versions. The previously
shown example can be rewritten like this to obtain the same list type:
#include <boost/intrusive/list.hpp> using namespace boost::intrusive; #include <boost/intrusive/list.hpp> using namespace boost::intrusive; //Explicitly specify constant-time size and size type typedef make_list<T, constant_time_size<true>, size_type<std::size_t>::type List1; //Implicitly specify constant-time size and size type typedef make_list<T>::type List2;
Produced symbol lengths and compilation times will usually be shorter and object/debug files smaller. If you are concerned with file sizes and compilation times, this option is your best choice.