RE: [Boost-Users] Boost 101?

From: Nuno Lucas (depdev.sdi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-24 13:02:43

On 24 Jan 2003 at 11:41, Beman Dawes wrote:
> At 06:07 AM 1/24/2003, Ferdinand Prantl wrote:
>  >> From: Beman Dawes [mailto:bdawes_at_[hidden]]
>  >> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 02:50
>  >>
>  >> At one time we published a header dependency chart, but as Boost
>  grew >> it became unwieldy and we no longer produce it. >> >> There
>  have been past discussions on how to meet this need, and the >>
>  consensus is that usually what is required is a library (rather than
>  >> header) dependency analysis. > >  Yes, I agree, it is almost
>  impossible considering which files to 
> include
>  >  and which not with the current size of the boost package. It is
> sensible
>  >  to declare explicitely library dependencies (tree) and use them. >
>  >  Nevertheless, I created a perl script some time ago to display
>  header >  and library dependencies in my library with references to
>  boost 
> headers.
>  >  I hacked it quickly to work with boost only; if you are interested
>  it 
> is
>  >at
>  >  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/hdr_depend.
>  >
>  >> This would be fairly easy to produce, using a number of Boost's
>  own >> libraries, of course:-) >> >> But the holdup is that it is
>  only a medium priority task, and lately >> has been pushed aside in
>  favor of higher priority work. If >> someone else wants >> to take
>  this one over, I'd be glad to hand it off. We want to do it >>
>  entirely in C++, so any Booster can maintain it. > >  Well, currently
>  I'm happily unpacking all boost but I like the idea; >  for example,
>  for such a project I would like to use smart pointers >only... > >  I
>  could spend some time on such a tool if anyone is interested, firstly
>  >  gathering the requirements and then developing it.
> 
> Ferda,
> 
> Yes! There is definite interest! Let me know if I can do anything to
> help.
> 
> --Beman
 
I would help too. It seems to me that it is a good learning expericence 
for using the Spirit, BGL and maybe boost.threads modules.

  ~Nuno Lucas

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