daviddoria <daviddoria@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > When using some big libraries, they will have a folder full of > "instantiation" files which declare templates with commonly used types. I > read somewhere that you can turn on "auto instantiation" with some compilers > which will allow you to use any type you'd like in a templated class in a > library without having to create an instantiation file. Can you do this with > g++? g++ does this automatically, provided that all the required template definitions can be seen at the point of template instantiation. If they are not available--if parts of the templates not defined in header files--then you need to use explicit instantiation, or you could try using -frepo. Ian
