How do YOU reduce compile time, and linking time for Visual C++ projects (native C++)?

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It may sound obvious to you, but we try to use forward declarations as much as possible, even if it requires to write out long namespace names the type(s) is/are in:

// Forward declaration stuff
namespace plotter { namespace logic { class Plotter; } }

// Real stuff
namespace plotter {
    namespace samples {
        class Window {
            logic::Plotter * mPlotter;
            // ...
        };
    }
}

It greatly reduces the time for compiling also on others compilers. Indeed it applies to all configurations 🙂

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