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

Subject: Re: [boost] [Modularization] A new approach to header modularization
From: Emil Dotchevski (emildotchevski_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-05-29 08:31:56

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 4:54 AM, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 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.

What is not going to happen for most Boost users? To use a good build system?

And the solution to the "my build system sucks, I don't want to build
the libraries I use" problem is to put everything in headers?

Emil Dotchevski
Reverge Studios, Inc.
http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode