On Friday, 21 September 2012 at 19:54:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
On 9/19/12 4:06 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
I don't see why `benchmark` takes (almost) all of its
parameters as
template parameters. It looks quite odd, seems unnecessary,
and (if I'm
not mistaken) makes certain use cases quite difficult.
That is intentional - indirect calls would add undue overhead
to the measurements.
I accept that it adds undue overhead. I just think that the
function would be more usable with non-template parameters (as
per my example). I also think the overhead would be negligible.
