Re: [boost] [beast] Request for Discussion

On Oct 2, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Edward Diener wrote:

On 10/1/2016 8:58 PM, Paul Fultz II wrote:

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On Oct 1, 2016, at 7:39 PM, Vinnie Falco wrote:

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016 at 8:20 PM, Paul Fultz II wrote:

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The library looks nice

Thanks!

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I tried to run the tests and install it using cmake and it both failed.

If you could please be so kind as to create an issue on the Beast GitHub repository page with the details, I will try to address it right away: https://github.com/vinniefalco/Beast/issues

Ok, will do.

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Also, looking at the cmake, it looks like you use coroutines.

Beast is header-only, the Jamfile and CMakeLists.txt are only for building the unit tests and the examples.

Well, cmake should install the library, even its header-only.

Why should CMake "install" a header-only library ?

There are a lot of reasons for this: 1) Cmake can install configured headers in the library(such as a version or config header). 2) Cmake can install packaging information to make it easier to use and link the library. Just because it is header-only doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to link against other libraries.

Boost does not use CMake and header-only libraries do not need to be "installed”.

Boost.Hana does use cmake and is header-only that is installed with cmake. Paul