Re: [boost] [network] cpp-netlib v0.9-beta out now!

Subject: Re: [boost] [network] cpp-netlib v0.9-beta out now!
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-09 12:21:08

AMDG

On 04/09/2011 09:10 AM, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 6:04 PM, Steven Watanabe<watanabesj_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>> On 04/09/2011 02:25 AM, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
>>>
>>> What's New in 0.9 (taken from the documentation):
>>> - IMPORTANT BREAKING CHANGE: By default all compile-time heavy parser
>>> implementations are now compiled to external static libraries. In
>>> order to use cpp-netlib in header-only mode, users must define the
>>> preprocessor macro BOOST_NETWORK_NO_LIB before including any
>>> cpp-netlib header. This breaks code that relied on the version 0.8.x
>>> line where the library is strictly header-only.
>>
>> This is inconsistent with the existing meaning
>> of BOOST_XXX_NO_LIB, which is used to disable
>> auto-linking.
>>
>
> Oh, okay. Thanks for pointing that out Steven. So what is the
> recommended macro for disabling the requirement for external linking?
>

I don't think there's a convention.
The only library which is optionally
header only is Boost.Test, and it has
a separate set of headers.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe