Re: [boost] [threads] rework notes

From: Martin Slater (mslater_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-06 04:51:29

Please , please please no windows.h ;)
Just spent an unhappy day or two again last week fighting against it. I 
would much prefer to link against something and anything that needed it 
was compiler firewalled in a cpp if possible.

cheers

Martin

Matt Hurd wrote:
>>Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>Header-only libraries can be useful, but not if that means they have to
>>include system headers. That is a disqualifier for portable code - too many
>>really bad experiences with macros in system headers.
> 
> 
> Boost.Threads already does this so at least we'll be no worse off ;-)
> 
> matt.
> 
> __________________________
> e.g.
> from thread.hpp
> 
> #ifndef BOOST_THREAD_WEK070601_HPP
> #define BOOST_THREAD_WEK070601_HPP
> 
> #include <boost/thread/detail/config.hpp>
> 
> #include <boost/utility.hpp>
> #include <boost/function.hpp>
> #include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
> #include <list>
> #include <memory>
> 
> #if defined(BOOST_HAS_PTHREADS)
> #   include <pthread.h>
> #   include <boost/thread/condition.hpp>
> #elif defined(BOOST_HAS_MPTASKS)
> #   include <Multiprocessing.h>
> #endif
> 
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