Re: [boost] Using Boost with C++/CLI?

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-01 15:08:50

| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Robert Ramey
| Sent: 01 February 2006 17:05
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Subject: Re: [boost] Using Boost with C++/CLI?
| 
| Paul A Bristow wrote:
| > Prompted by
| > http://www.octopull.demon.co.uk/editorial/N8037_Objection.pdf,
| >
| > I have been trying to assess the potential impact of Microsoft
| > C++/CLI on my projects which use many bits of Boost code.
| >
| > How much of Boost, if any, can be compiled and used with the /clr
| > option in force?
| >
| > Perhaps others can give their experience & expertise to 
| help guide me?
| >
| > Some advantages of C++/CLI are pretty obvious, but what are the
| > gotchas?
| 
| the advantages of C++/CLI are not obvious to me.  Could you 
| enumerate them?

Compatible with Visual Basic ;-)

I'm told there are others.

Paul