Re: [Boost-users] [config][build] policy for settingBOOST_HAS_THREADS?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [config][build] policy for settingBOOST_HAS_THREADS?
From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-11 14:55:13

Joaquin M Lopez Munoz wrote:
>> What does defining/not defining BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS have
>> to do with the Boost ABI?

It changes the the internal layout of some Boost types, as well as their 
behaviour.  So if we're being asked for a single binary, it had better be 
thread safe.

John.

>> If currently the only effect of selecting
>> threading=multi/single is whether Pthreads is linked/not linked,
>> then the macro just reflects this into the world of Boost.Config.
>> Is by chance BOOST_HAS_THREADS affecting the lib suffixes used
>> in autolinking mode? If so, maybe the solution is to just adjust
>> the autolinking in Linux appropriately. Sorry if I'm missing
>> something obvious here --I'm sure I am :)
>>
>> Joaquín M López Muñoz
>> Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo
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