Re: [boost] [all] Request for out of the box visibility support

Subject: Re: [boost] [all] Request for out of the box visibility support
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-19 17:03:39

On 08/19/18 14:47, Antony Polukhin via Boost wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 11:10 Andrey Semashev via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> <...>
> 
>> I wonder if we should update Boost.Build instead and set visibility to
>> hidden by default. For libraies that need other visibility we could
>> offer a property.
>>
> 
> I'm not experienced with b2 internals but I'd be glad to help with
> testing/documenting/... this feature. Is there a champion to actually
> implement it?

https://github.com/boostorg/build/pull/331

I've only tested it on Linux, with gcc and clang. Please, test on other 
platforms and see if it causes problems.