Re: [boost] [Serialization] Things that should be qualified.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-25 10:10:44

Thomas Witt <witt_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>> There is also at least one macro in that category: BOOST_EXPORT.  That
>>> in particular seems likely to cause problems, because after all
>>> "export" is a keyword that's supported only on a few compilers and a
>>> natural stand-in, for those who want to support export, would be
>>> BOOST_EXPORT.  This should've been BOOST_SERIALIZATION_EXPORT.
>> 
>> BOOST_DLLEXPORT, BOOST_USED, ...
>
> If that macro does what I think it does BOOST_DLLEXPORT is a bad choice. 
> DLL exporting macros *must* be library specific otherwise boost 
> libraries can not use each other. For an example look at the AFX_DLL 
> mess MS created.

Yes, I know.  I didn't even want to touch *that* issue until the
larger issue of namespacing/prefixing was addressed.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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