On Jul 14, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Klaus Nowikow wrote:
This leads to the question: are different versions of the boost libraries compatible with each other? Can I use a newer version of boost in future additions to our system and expect them to work together or will we have to rebuild the whole system when we decide to use a new version of boost?
We typically try to retain source-level compatibility between Boost versions, but make little or no effort to retain the binary compatibility that you would need. The basic problem is that merely breathing on a template metaprogram breaks binary compatibility, and nearly every Boost library requires some form of metaprogramming. You will probably have to standardize on a particular Boost version, compiler, and standard library :( Doug