Re: [boost] library dependencies

From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-04 14:20:23

 If X is usable without serialization, users shouldn't be forced to also
> link to the serialization library, just because of this dependency.
> (In the particular case I have in mind this dependency was controlled
> by a preprocessor macro. That's not very practical, since packagers
> surely won't provide two sets of packages for X, one with and one without
> this dependency.)
>
> Thus, I'd suggest to encapsulate the X-serialization functionality into
> a separate library (may be header-only), such as X_serialization.hpp
> etc. Then I can still use X stand-alone, and drag in the rest whenever
> I need it.

This has been discussed before. You don't need X_serialization.hpp, if you 
don't use BOOST_CLASS_EXPORT. See 
http://www.archivesat.com/Boost_developers/thread2900871.htm.

Emil Dotchevski