Hi,

how should i configure vs code to use Boost?

I tried to compile the following example:

#include <iostream>
#include <boost/multiprecision/float128.hpp>
#include <boost/math/special_functions/gamma.hpp>

int main()
{
using namespace boost::multiprecision;

// Operations at 128-bit precision and full numeric_limits support:
float128 b = 2;
// There are 113-bits of precision:
std::cout << std::numeric_limits<float128>::digits << std::endl;
// Or 34 decimal places:
std::cout << std::numeric_limits<float128>::digits10 << std::endl;
// We can use any C++ std lib function, lets print all the digits as well:
std::cout << std::setprecision(std::numeric_limits<float128>::max_digits10)
<< log(b) << std::endl; // print log(2) = 0.693147180559945309417232121458176575
// We can also use any function from Boost.Math:
std::cout << boost::math::tgamma(b) << std::endl;
// And since we have an extended exponent range we can generate some really large
// numbers here (4.02387260077093773543702433923004111e+2564):
std::cout << boost::math::tgamma(float128(1000)) << std::endl;
//
// We can declare constants using GCC or Intel's native types, and the Q suffix,
// these can be declared constexpr if required:

constexpr float128 pi = 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058Q;

return 0;
}


but that's what I get:

Executing task: g++-10 -g -std=c++17 '-fext-numeric-literals' main.cpp -L/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/10.2.0/lib/gcc/10/ -lquadmath -o main.out <

main.cpp:2:10: fatal error: boost/multiprecision/float128.hpp: No such file or directory
    2 | #include <boost/multiprecision/float128.hpp>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
The terminal process "/bin/zsh '-c', 'g++-10 -g -std=c++17 '-fext-numeric-literals' main.cpp -L/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/10.2.0/lib/gcc/10/ -lquadmath -o main.out'" failed to launch (exit code: 1).

My task.json is:

{
// See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
// for the documentation about the tasks.json format
"version": "2.0.0",
"tasks": [
{
"label": "Build with g++ 10",
"type": "shell",
"command": "g++-10",
"args": [
"-g",
"-std=c++17",
"'-fext-numeric-literals'",
"main.cpp",
"-L/usr/local/Cellar/gcc/10.2.0/lib/gcc/10/",
"-lquadmath",
"-o",
"main.out"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
},
{
"label": "Build with Intel ICC",
"type": "shell",
"command": "icc",
"args": [
"-g",
"-std=c++17",
"main.cpp",
"-o",
"main.out"
],
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
},
{
"label": "Run Project",
"type": "shell",
"command": "./main.out",
"group": {
"kind": "build",
"isDefault": true
}
}
]
}

And my c_cpp_properties.json is:

{
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Mac",
"includePath": [
"${workspaceFolder}/**",
"/usr/local/Cellar/boost/1.73.0/include/**"
],
"defines": [],
"macFrameworkPath": [],
"compilerPath": "/usr/local/bin/g++-10",
"cStandard": "gnu18",
"cppStandard": "gnu++14",
"intelliSenseMode": "gcc-x64"
}
],
"version": 4
}

Thanks
Stefano Gragnani