Re: [boost] Boost Lite Version

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Lite Version
From: Vicente Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-13 09:46:46

Jean-Sebastien stoezel wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using Boot for desktop applications and I'm very happy  
> with it. It allows me to write portable and reusable code on all the  
> platforms I've been supporting.
> 
> I also develop C++ applications for small embedded devices, that have  
> very limited ROM and RAM capabilities (several hundreds of kilo bytes  
> of ROM and dozens of kilobytes of RAM). The Boost libraries cannot be  
> used as is for these devices, since the OSes (RTOS I should say) that  
> run on these devices are not supported by Boost. Then my code for  
> these devices is not as portable and reusable as I which it would be.  
> I've developed my own accross-platform generic interface for these  
> devices and it's starting to look like Boost... Except it's not Boost  
> and it's still very proprietary, in the niche sense.
> 
> I am very interested in having a (real) lite version of Boost for  
> these embedded devices, even if it only consists of stub functions.
> 
> Is there already an on going effort to do this? Again, the idea is a  
> lite version, something that would fit in less than 30% of the memory  
> of a microcontroller.
> 
> Jean-Sebastien
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Hi,

I would like to have some clarifications. 

Most of the boost libraries are header only; Is it about the size of the
static/shared compiled libraries you are tallking? 
How many 30% of the memory of a microcontroller represents? What is the size
of the libraries you need?
Could you state what do you need that it is not portable on your platform?
I don't know what can  be done with a lite version (with stubs), could you
eleborate?
Have you tried to port the parts of Boost you need and don't work on your
platform? 

I think most of the concerned authors will apreciate a patch?

Best regards,
Vicente
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