On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Stewart, Robert <Robert.Stewart@sig.com> wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
Here is the code I'm experimenting with for Boost.System:
// define BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL and BOOST_SYSTEM_VISIBLE #if defined(BOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK) || defined(BOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK) # if defined(BOOST_SYSTEM_SOURCE) # define BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL BOOST_SYMBOL_EXPORT # else # define BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL BOOST_SYMBOL_IMPORT # endif # define BOOST_SYSTEM_VISIBLE BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE #else # define BOOST_SYSTEM_DECL # define BOOST_SYSTEM_VISIBLE #endif
Why create your own BOOST_SYSTEM_VISIBLE? Why not just use BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE for all libraries?
Good catch! With BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE always defined, BOOST_SYSTEM_VISIBLE serves no purpose. Thanks, --Beman