Allan Simonsen | 9 Jun 2005 03:06
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Re: Effective use of C?++ exceptions?


> When I talked to the team , here is a work around
> they put in place in 7.1 : "build dependency on run"
> 
> A build still takes 1-2 second per project to say
> "Nothing to do"... "Nothing to do".... and then link
> 
> but then
> 
> Invoke "Run" and it just build the projects you
> modifyed, link and run ... much, much faster.
> 
> This PROVE the engine can build depenency changes
> fast.
> 
> This make no sense...
> 

It's pretty stupid, but what's taking time is actually
as much the printing as the verifiying.
OutputDebugString (or whatever internal equivalent
they're using) is horrifically slow.

FastSolutionBuild is a VC7 /7.1 plugin that does much
to fix these issues. We're using it extensively.

http://www.workspacewhiz.com/FastSolutionBuild/FastSolutionBuildReadme.html

Allan

		
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