Re: [boost] Re: more config/auto_link nitpicks

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-06 19:43:09

At 08:06 PM 11/5/2003, David Abrahams wrote:

 >Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:
 >
 >> Is consistent naming across platforms important? I would have thought
 >> naming consistent with the platform's usual conventions would be more
 >> important.
 >
 >That is the question.  How should we choose one over the other?
 >
 >[repeating info already posted: The usual conventions for Windows
 >don't work for at least some Windows compilers (Cygwin GCC).]

Well, the first rule is "it has to work", so if Cygwin GCC needs a "lib" 
prefix, it has to get a "lib" prefix. That trumps the "usual conventions 
for the platform" rule.

Now Cygwin GCC may be enough reason to use the "lib" prefix for all Windows 
compilers. But I don't know any law that says individual compilers can't 
have their own conventions. Let's say Backwards Compilers, Inc, ships a 
Windows compiler that requires "bil" as the prefix. We'll have to support 
both "lib" and "bil".

--Beman