Re: jam question

From: Markus Schoepflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-05 04:57:09

--- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Witt" <witt_at_i...>
> 
> > If we have some kind of smart name deduction, shouldn't it be 
xxxx.lib
> > on windows?
> 
> It's hard for me to say just what it should be. Your suggestion is 
certainly
> easy to implement, if the consensus is that it's right. Do you feel 
strongly
> that you have hit on the right approach?
> 
> -Dave

Unix developers are used to just say -lm if they want libm.a. Windows 
developers (at least MSVC users) are used to explicitly say 
kernel32.lib or user32.lib. In other words, unix developers are used 
to smart name deduction, windows developers are not.

On the other hand, if the build system supports windows and unix 
platforms, you should be able to say <find-library>foo and it works 
for unix and windows.

As LINK.EXE doesn't do any file name magic when looking for a file 
(at least I couldn't find anything in the documentation) I think we 
should append the lib extension.

Markus