Pre-Compiled Header Design Question

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Published on 2010-03-23T19:47:02Z Indexed on 2010/03/23 20:53 UTC
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Hi All,

I have code that uses a pre-compiled header. (previously done by someone else)

In it, they are including several .h files.

If I have classes that use common .h files that are not currently in the existing pre-compiled header, would tossing them in there be of any real benefit? Maybe compilation speed, but I was thinking it would clean up the classes/headers a bit too?

What are do's and don't with pre-compiled headers?

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