RE: [Boost-users] Re: why so many .so and .a files for boost?

From: Tom Tan (SH/RDC) (tom.tan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-04-20 20:36:48

Yes, to enable multi-threaded code. But how? 
What's going on inside while compiling with '-pthread'?
Or what's the difference between them at the compilation level? Or Is there anything happen at optimization level?

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On 4/20/05, Tom Tan (SH/RDC) <tom.tan_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> got it, then why do i have to turn on the '-pthread' option of g++ when using boost_thread library?

Because you need that option to enable multi-threaded code.  The Boost
Threads library isn't much use without it :-)

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