Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization

Subject: Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization
From: Felipe Magno de Almeida (felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-29 08:21:38

------- Original message -------
> From: Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]>
> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> Sent: 29.5.'09,  8:54
>
> Emil Dotchevski wrote
> On Friday, May 29, 2009 3:37 AM
>>
>> One way to make building libs as painless as not having to build them
>> is to use Boost Build itself to build your programs. It makes the
>> presence of cpps/libs an implementation detail. In my own code
>> repository, I have many libs and many cpp files and many header-only
>> libs and I don't keep track which is which -- Boost Build figures it
>> out for me.
>
> That's simply not going to happen for most Boost users, so it's a 
> non-starter.

But boost.build can be used to copy only the headers of the requested 
libraries on install. And make bcp deprecated.

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