Re: [boost] Moving the include directory to $BOOST_ROOT/include?(again)

Subject: Re: [boost] Moving the include directory to $BOOST_ROOT/include?(again)
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-02 06:18:54

Tom Kent wrote:
> On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 7:30 AM, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > I want to reiterate my suggestion that we move Boost's include directory 
> > from $BOOST_ROOT to $BOOST_ROOT/include.
>
>
> Our organization has been following the example in the first pages of the 
> getting started guide [1][2] and using #include <boost/header.path.hpp> 
> with $BOOST_ROOT in our include path, so changing that to 'include' would 
> require major source changes to our (and presumably lots of others') code 
> bases.

The idea is that you'd change your include path to reference 
$BOOST_ROOT/include, without changing a line of code.

I've been using this environment for a while and haven't encountered any 
breakages.