Re: [boost] cmake target and binary name mangling

Subject: Re: [boost] cmake target and binary name mangling
From: Olaf van der Spek (ml_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-24 12:20:54

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Niall Douglas via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> So everything you just said is all irrelevant. Meanwhile, there
>>> are *enormous* end user gains to mangling the binary name.
>>
>> Then why does no linux distro do this? Even when they support
>> compiling for multiple platforms. I think the standard way is to use
>> separate directories instead of using encoded name, which is very
>> much relevant and current practice.
>
> Different audiences.
>
> Note I have little problem with the boost release zip of precompiled
> binaries not having mangled names, though I still think it

How'd you handle Debug vs Release mode on Windows?

-- 
Olaf