[boost] Re: Re: GUI Library Proposal for a Proposal

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-05 14:04:06

"Cory Nelson" <phrosty_at_[hidden]> wrote in message 
news:9b1d0614041104183987f877b_at_mail.gmail.com...
> I thought boost
> libraries had to have no external dependancies anyway?

Not necessarily. A boost library should have at least one 
implementation that doesn't depend on external libraries, but other 
implementations may. For instance, on Win32, Boost.Threads normally 
uses native Win32 API calls, but it can be compiled to use the 
pthreads-win32 library (not sure how well it currently works, 
however--it has been that way for a long time but I believe it has 
been a while since anyone tested that configuration).

Mike