Re: Where is the "initialized data"

Duane Hebert

CBuilder Developer

Re: Where is the "initialized data"

2005-08-26 10:44:30 PM
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"Andre Kaufmann" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message

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Didn't remember that it was an error, only that i couldn´t use the
precompiled headers anymore, because an included windows header file had
initialized data in it.
I had to remove most of the includes from my precompiled header file and
compilation speed dropped from 3 to 15 minutes.
Well it's an error in the sense that it stops the

precompile mechanism. It's not a build error.

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Don't know it either. Perhaps there haven't been enough time to
implement support for initialized data in precompiled headers.
At least i hope DeXter will compile these headers without complaining
about initialized data.
I would prefer if it compiled faster without PCH. I don't

like the idea of everybody including everything. Makes
it hard to do unit tests without changing the includes.

Duane Hebert

CBuilder Developer

2005-08-26 10:44:59 PM

Re:Re: Where is the "initialized data"

"Des O'Toole" <des>wrote in message

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"Andre Kaufmann" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message
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>Didn't remember that it was an error, only that i couldn´t use the
>precompiled headers anymore, because an included windows header file had
>initialized data in it.
>I had to remove most of the includes from my precompiled header file and
>compilation speed dropped from 3 to 15 minutes.

The worst culprit for this is math.hpp which contains 2 sections of
inititalised data. For some reason the compiler often reports this as
coming
from a completely different unit.
Likely dialogs.hpp <g>

Chris Uzdavinis

CBuilder Developer

2005-08-27 12:50:28 AM

Re:Re: Where is the "initialized data"

"Duane Hebert" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >writes:

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I would prefer if it compiled faster without PCH. I don't
like the idea of everybody including everything. Makes
it hard to do unit tests without changing the includes.
Very true. But that's also why abstract interfaces are such a

wonderful thing. You can write "stubs" for a unit test.
--
Chris (TeamB);

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Duane Hebert

CBuilder Developer

2005-08-27 03:39:43 AM

Re:Re: Where is the "initialized data"

"Chris Uzdavinis (TeamB)" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >wrote in message

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"Duane Hebert" < XXXX@XXXXX.COM >writes:

>I would prefer if it compiled faster without PCH. I don't
>like the idea of everybody including everything. Makes
>it hard to do unit tests without changing the includes.

Very true. But that's also why abstract interfaces are such a
wonderful thing. You can write "stubs" for a unit test.
Yep. But it still makes me feel like I'm doing extra

work to make my tools happy. Anyway, besides unit
tests, my code has to work on more than one platform.
Also a problem with PCH...