[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10063: Option should exist to include ublas entirely from headers without linking to serialization

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #10063: Option should exist to include ublas entirely from headers without linking to serialization
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-05-21 05:38:31

#10063: Option should exist to include ublas entirely from headers without linking
to serialization
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 Reporter:  Andrew Medlin <andrew@…>  |      Owner:  guwi17
     Type:  Patches                   |     Status:  new
Milestone:  Boost 1.56.0              |  Component:  uBLAS
  Version:  Boost 1.55.0              |   Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:  ublas serialization       |
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 If you include certain ublas files which you wish to include as headers
 only without linking to prebuilt libs, you get link errors wanting to link
 to prebuild serialization library.

 This problem occurred for example when I included the following in my
 application:

 {{{
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/fwd.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/vector.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/vector_sparse.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/matrix.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/matrix_sparse.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/storage_sparse.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/banded.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/triangular.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/blas.hpp>
 #include <boost/numeric/ublas/lu.hpp>

 }}}


 The attached patch introduces an option BOOST_UBLAS_DISABLE_SERIALIZATION
 which (if defined using a #define) excludes the serialization code.

 The serialization code is unwanted on my platform for ublas objects, as
 the platform is obscure and difficult to build the serialization library
 for it.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10063>
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