Reduce compilation times

[globos]

Hi,

I don't follow the recommended C++ practice that consists to separate header files and implementation files.
Most of my classes are fully defined in their header files.

The well-known drawback is that it makes compilation slow.
By now I feel the need to really reduce compilation times, I found two simple ways :
- use precompiled headers.
- keep implementation of the classes in cpp files instead in headers.

I tried to use precompiled headers but compilation speed is the same. I have only tried the automatic mode(i.e. /YX). I'm not very seduced by the manual mode because I don't want to pollute my work with the horrible "#pragma hdrstop", and don't feel sure where to put it.
Does anyone know how to use correctly the automatic mode?
I can't find more help from MSDN (to be short it just tells "use /YX").


The other solution is easy, but painful if non automated. I can't find tools that generates implementation files from header files. Actually from one of my header file I need to create two files:
- A header file, which is the prototype of the class(no implementation)
- An implemenation file

Does anyone know such tools?


Thanks to all.

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Globos

 

[Salem]

Are all your (large) member functions written as

class foo {
  public:
    void func(void);
};

void foo::func ( void ) {
  // do stuff
}

Or

class foo {
  public:
  void func ( void ) {
    // do stuff
  }
};

If it's the former, then you should be able to begin your foo.cpp file with
[tt]#include "foo.h"[/tt]
Then cut and paste all the function bodies from foo.h into foo.cpp


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