Re: Wrong class export/visibility setting for shared libs in many Boost libs

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-02-02 15:02:16

E.g. https://godbolt.org/z/vM6Gxd

-----Original Message----- 
From: Peter Dimov
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2021 17:01
To: boost_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [boost] Wrong class export/visibility setting for shared libs 
in many Boost libs

Niall Douglas wrote:

> I seem to be having difficulty communicating this to anyone here, so 
> here's a godbolt:
>
> https://godbolt.org/z/jv5Y75

But you've provided a definition for thirdpartylib_nothidden. This is not
the case under discussion. The case under discussion is making
BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT imply _VISIBLE, which translates to a default visibility
attribute on the _declaration_ of thirdpartylib_nothidden.