Re: [boost] [date_time] Patch for ticket #1740: date_time includes <windows.h>

Subject: Re: [boost] [date_time] Patch for ticket #1740: date_time includes <windows.h>
From: Jeff Garland (jeff_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-10-14 11:42:07

joaquin_at_[hidden] wrote:
> Jeff Garland escribió:
>> Emil Mieilica wrote:
>>  
>>> Hello,
>>> Done. Hope it will be useful to everybody who uses this great library.
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Can you attach this patch to the ticket so it doesn't get lost?
>>>>       
>>
>> Just a technical comment on the suggested patch. Is it really wise / 
>> legal to
>> replicate the Windows API declarations in Boost.
> 
> Isn't that exactly what other libs such as WINE do? See
> 
> http://source.winehq.org/source/include/

Yeah, I guess they would have to since they are an emulation of the Win32 api. 
  AFAIK we've never taken this approach in Boost so I think we should talk 
thru if it's acceptable before putting it in.  If it is acceptable, I guess 
the other question might be if it belongs in config instead of an individual 
library.

Jeff