Re: [boost] Compiling with Clang 3.7.0 from windows

Subject: Re: [boost] Compiling with Clang 3.7.0 from windows
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-09-08 22:52:34

On 9/09/2015 13:26, Edward Diener wrote:
> On 9/8/2015 7:56 PM, Gavin Lambert wrote:
>> On 9/09/2015 05:38, Edward Diener wrote:
>>> I already had a long, frustrating discussion with the mingw-64
>>> developers about this and they are just adamant about the necessity that
>>> any given implementation's 'bin' directory must be in the PATH to just
>>> compile and/or link.
>>
>> IIRC, their argument was that since the bin directory must be in the
>> PATH to run the application (which is wrong, and bad practice for
>> non-console apps at least) then they require it to be present when
>> compiling so that running the app after compiling "just works".
>
> 'Compile/link' and 'run' are two separate steps. Doing the first does
> not always mean doing the second. A number of Boost tests are just
> compiles. An end-user should be allowed to configure a 'run' as he
> desires. Creating pre-conceived assumptions about how software should be
> used which limit the freedom and flexibility of programming is almost
> always a sign of bad programming design.

I completely agree.  I was just filling in some context.