Christopher Kohlhoff schrieb:
the boost tss stuff seems to include a lot of code to ensure that the newed bool is deleted at the appropriate time. This is unnecessary when I just want to store a boolean value - i.e. I just store a null-pointer to mean false, a non-null pointer to mean true.
What I mean is this: You also need to take care to call TLSFree at the correct time. So this makes no difference. Could it be that the "real" reason indeed also is to the header only argument?
It's very simple, and mostly non-technical: I see having a compiled library as an entry barrier to people using my library.
Altough this currently is not a boost philosophy: Do you think prebuilt binaries could change this? Besides e.eg. on debian this a non-issue, since you always simply can upgrade to the most recent boost lib. (At least this is what I have seen.)
I want to make it as easy as possible for people to get started and use.
But you force the user to longer compile times and the hassle of precompiled header manipulation for larger projects, don't you? Regards, Roland