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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Subject: Formal Review of Proposed Boost.Process library starts tomorrow
From: Nat Goodspeed (nat_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-18 22:14:25
On Feb 16, 2011, at 7:11 PM, "Boris Schaeling" <boris_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> What I've been trying to understand and why I asked my questions is whether you think we need POSIX- and Windows-classes and -functions which would require a library user to use conditional compilation.
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> I ask as a final decision whether we want library users to choose between a generic API, a Windows API and a POSIX API via conditional compilation could at least make future discussions easier.
Generic API at least to start. We already have platform-specific APIs; the highest value for Boost.Process will be support for portable code to execute a child process.
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