RE: [boost] Re: Re:(For me a) showstopper [was: boost thread static library]

From: Randy Bowen (rbowen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-18 14:07:57

Edward Diener wrote:
> 
> His problem is that if he builds a statically linked library 
> and uses the Boost threads library, he will be using a shared 
> library and all the shared RTL libraries also, since that is 
> what the shared Boost threads library needs to work.
> 
> I also have found that mixing static and shared libraries in 
> any situation quite often leads to problems. In this latter 
> respect, one should use all shared libraries or all static 
> libraries, instead of mixing in both.
> 

The thread_specific_ptr class is the only piece that really requires
a shared library.  Running in a Windows environment, we have repackaged
the remainder of the library as a static library for some time now, and
experience no problems.

Randy Bowen
Stamps.com