Re: [Boost-users] Minimal installation with smart pointers only

From: Mateusz Łoskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-02 16:11:03

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Mateusz Łoskot wrote:
>> Pavel Vozenilek wrote:
>>> "Mateusz Łoskot" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Today, I tried to extract smart pointers library from Boost tree
>>>> using bcp tool.
>>>> 3. I run bcp --cvs --list to see how many files are related to 
>>>> smart_ptr.hpp (and shared_ptr.hpp too).
>>>>
>>>> My only question is if this is normal that smart_ptr extraction
>>>> weight is about 2.8MB ? Are there any options that can be used to
>>>> make this package smaller?
>>>>
>>> bcp tool is very pessimistic and errs on safety side.
>> I can understand the first point, but what does "errs on safety side"
>> mean exactly?
>> Are you trying to say using bcp is not recommended because it may be not
>> safe (for some reason) and I should avoid it?
> 
> Pavel said the "bcp tool ... errs on safety side" not smart pointers. 
> The bcp tool includes any referenced "libraries" from smart_ptr in your 
> case. So it may be that:
> 
> a. smart_ptr only uses MPL for some compilers but not yours. It doesn't 
> distinguish as it doesn't try and decipher the preprocessor code. Just 
> that a file has "#include" some other file.
> 
> b. It may be that smart_ptr includes only 1 isolated file of another 
> library, but it may copy over more than just that file to be safe.
> 

Now, it's clear.
Thanks!

Cheers
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Mateusz Łoskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net