Re: [boost] Draft Tutorial / Guidelines for Authors of Boost Libraries Containing Separate Source

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-06 17:01:37

From: Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]>
> At 08:07 AM 11/4/2003, John Maddock wrote:
> 
>  >I've put together a set of draft guidelines come tutorial for libraries
>  >that have separate source code ...
> 
> * There are several sections:
> 
>    * Supporting Windows DLL's
>    * Importing/exporting dependencies
>    * Fixing the ABI of the Compiled Library
>    * Enabling Automatic Library Selection and Linking
> 
> IIUC, "Fixing the ABI of the Compiled Library" applies to more libraries 
> than just those compiled separately. Thus it might be better as the first 
> section, where header-only library developers can access it easily.

If header-only developers should read this document, then it is
misnamed and it should clearly indicate what applies to
header-only and "separate source" libraries.

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