Re: [boost] Which Boost libraries support which compilers/versions

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-29 17:38:51

Edward Diener wrote:

> You believe that every end user who wants to use a particular Boost
> library should run a test script just to determine whether or not that
> library is supported by Boost for the compiler/version which that
> person uses ?

Every end user who is not sure whether his configuration is supported by a 
particular library can run the tests. This is generally done by invoking 
'bjam' (or 'bjam --toolset=foo' if the default doesn't work) in the 
directory containing the tests, for example libs/smart_ptr/test. One can 
also use 'bjam shared_ptr_test' to single out a particular test. The 
resulting output could've been friendlier, and the whole procedure better 
documented, of course.

In a perfect world typing 'bjam' (or possibly 'bjam show' or something 
similar) in a test dir would cause an HTML page with the results to be 
launched in the default browser. :-)