Re: On Boost and modules

From: Stephan T. Lavavej (stl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-04-08 22:29:38

[Andrey Semashev]
> Re. standard versions, there are ways to support multiple standard
> versions and still ship the compiled std module. For example:
> 1. Ship everything in the same module std. This will make the module std
> expose symbols defined by all C++ versions, but that should not be a
> problem, as conforming user's code will use whatever matches his chosen
> C++ version.
> 2. Ship multiple compiled modules for different C++ versions. Pick one
> during compilation. Will also need to do this to support debug and
> release versions of the standard library.
> Maybe there are other ways, those two are just what immediately came to
> mind.

I encourage you to explore these ideas for Boost and discover why they are not viable for production use.

STL