Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3103: Allow using libraries without separately compiling them
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-08 16:24:19
#3103: Allow using libraries without separately compiling them
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Reporter: eckhardt | Owner:
Type: Feature Requests | Status: new
Milestone: To Be Determined | Component: Building Boost
Version: | Severity: Problem
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment(by Jonathan Wakely <jwakely.boost_at_[hidden]>):
"it's up to the user to make sure that it's exactly done once"
This seems like a supremely bad idea to me, and so does asking users to
{{{#include "something.cpp"}}}
What is the advantage of asking users to {{{#include}}} a file and then
compile it, rather than just compiling it?
Wouldn't it achieve the same goals, without being needlessly
unconventional, to make it easier for users to compile the sources into
their app directly?
e.g. provide a makefile fragment with the commands necessary to turn
src/libs/thread/src/thread.cpp into thread.o which could be linked
directly into the application. Or make bjam print suitable commands
(without running them) so that users can copy the commands into their own
build system.
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