Hi Masa, we distribute in the source distribution the procedure to make the optional cint dll's (just do: make cintdlls to build them). I'll try to prebuild them for the binary distributions of the next release. -- Fons Masaharu Goto wrote: > > Hello Fons, > > There are 2 things about STL and template class precompilation. > > 1) It looks like many people are still using ROOT without precompiled > STL containers included in $CINTSYSDIR/stl/*.dll. This will make things > much simpler for many users. Are those files included and/or built in > the latest ROOT distribution? If this is not the case, I recommend > installing pure cint also. After the installation $CINTSYSDIR/stl/*.dll > are created if you use Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, VisualC++, BorlandC++,etc. > If you find those, copy all of them as $ROOTSYS/cint/stl/*.dll > > 2) About compiling template classes with script compiler, I am still not > sure about the requirement. Will you elaborate what is needed with > some examples? > > Thank you > Masaharu Goto > > >For basic types, CINT uses the underlying machine representation. > >However for complex objects, it is not guaranteed that the object > >layout will be the same if you have an interpreted class not linked in > >via the LinkDef mechanism versus the machine's representation. > >Therefore I recommend always using rootcint (or equivalently the script > >compiler) for linking in complex types. This is even possible with > >template classes, though an explicit link is needed for each > >instantiation on the template parameter, and it doesn't seem to work > >with the script compiler > > > >(Note to Masaharu/Philippe: It would be really nice if you could load in a > >compiled template by doing a script compile of a file with an explicit > >instantiation of the template, eg: > > > >#include <vector.h> > >template class vector<int>; > > > >(as opposed to template <> class vector<int> which is just a name > >declaration), but this doesn't seem to work right now. It would make pulling > >in needed templates as you work much easier... In fact, if you wanted to go > >the extra mile and make it automatically do that, it would be even better (bu > t >probably harder, maybe too hard). > >) -- Org: CERN, European Laboratory for Particle Physics. Mail: 1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland E-Mail: Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch Phone: +41 22 7679248 WWW: http://root.cern.ch/~rdm/ Fax: +41 22 7677910
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