[boost] Re: more config/auto_link nitpicks

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-06 21:13:11

Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> writes:

> 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".

Good point.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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