Re: [boost] Attention Boosters

From: Tobias Schwinger (tschwinger_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-13 20:08:20

David Abrahams wrote:
> Tobias Schwinger <tschwinger_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> 
>>>>2. Get Boost
>>>>============
>>>>
>>>>1.2.3... 4. checkout a branch from the CVS?
>>>
>>>
>>>Why should I give that as an option?  
>>
>>There are two possible reasons that might or might not matter to you:
>>
>>- critical bug fixes can be deployed easily
>>- if users fix bugs they can easily create a patch and send us
> 
> 
> I don't want to encourage people to use an un-released snapshot of
> Boost in the **getting started** guide.  Other options can be
> discussed elsewhere.
> 

Oh, I was talking about the already-released branches, of course, but it only makes sense in case we back-port any fixes (that's what I meant with "might or might not matter", above).

>>>>   "Even Windows users can use forward slashes in #include
>>>>   directives; your compiler doesn't care".
>>>>
>>>>The recommendation to use forward slashes should be either stronger or left out.
>>>
>>>
>>>Why?
>>
>>"Ah, interesting - I'm developing for Windows - so I'll use
>>backslashes for consistency with my OS' file system... Didn't know
>>that would work, before..."
> 
> 
> You're welcome to make that choice.

I see (16.2.2: "How [...] the header is identified is implementation-defined"). Sorry for the noise.

>>>I'm thinking that maybe MacOS programmers who don't know how to use
>>>a shell are not a big enough audience to warrant lengthening the
>>>tutorial document.
>>>
>>
>>Isn't there some external document that could be linked to for the
>>"cd/ls tutorial"?
> 
> 
> That would be great.  If you could find me a good and stable link I'd
> be grateful.  Likewise for Windows, for that matter.
> 

Hard to find. Seems that "good" is enough of a K.O. criterion for most of the documents out there ;-(.

Regards,

Tobias