Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1093: Mandatory source files shouldn't require, or give the impression to require, the Boost Build system

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #1093: Mandatory source files shouldn't require, or give the impression to require, the Boost Build system
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-15 13:35:51

#1093: Mandatory source files shouldn't require, or give the impression to
require, the Boost Build system
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  Reporter:  dlwalker          |       Owner:                
      Type:  Bugs              |      Status:  new           
 Milestone:  To Be Determined  |   Component:  Building Boost
   Version:                    |    Severity:  Regression    
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                
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Comment (by doomster_at_[hidden] (Ulrich Eckhardt)):

 I have in a few postings on the devel ML laid out the idea to allow
 compiling a library in-place via a dedicated include file and also showed
 some examples how to do that. The idea is that for e.g. Boost.Thread,
 there is an include-file called "boost/thread/compile-inplace.cpp" (yes,
 .cpp!) which you can include into exactly one translation unit of your
 project and thus compile and link the library in-place.

 My main goal is to a) formalise the name and location of the file to
 include and b) to integrate it as a first-class way to use Boost.

 I think that this would lower many adoption barriers and solve the problem
 of people that dislike the additional libraries that are needed and/or
 their build procedure.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1093#comment:1>
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