Re: [boost] Autolinking when an autolinked function/class is never used

From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-11 17:12:52

AMDG

Edward Diener wrote:
> I think it is an error when an end-user uses a Boost library which may 
> need a separate DLL built, never uses a function/class which is 
> implemented in that separate DLL, and yet the Boost header files for 
> that library bring in autolinking. Is this considered an error in the 
> development of a Boost library ?

This can't be made to work perfectly because it will always be based
on what is #included rather than what is actually used.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe