Re: Boost's Stage\Lib *.a Files

From: kila suelika (semeegozy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-08-23 20:09:03

For  "mt-d-x64", here "d"  means debug version. It contains some extra
symbols for debugging purpose. Without "d", it's release version. Use
release version as much as possible, usually it's faster and  smaller.

On Friday, August 20, 2021, Alexander Tanseco via Boost-users <
boost-users_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> I am running a tutorial program and I found out that in the program's
> build options under Linker settings/Link Libraries I can put both or either
> of the ff and the program compiles & runs without errors. What is the
> difference between the two?
>
> libboost_filesystem-mgw8-mt-d-x64-1_77.dll.a
> OR
> libboost_filesystem-mgw8-mt-x64-1_77.dll.a
>