Still a monolithic library? Or a bunch of independent ones?
Hello, It's been a few years since I didn't come around boost.org, and I was just wondering... Is boost still a monolithic library? or Is it a collection of separate libraries now? Or to state it another way: Is it ``easy'' to take only one library's files from the boost distribution and use it. Or do I have to carry everything around even If I'm using just one library? I understand that this must be library specific, but I'm just asking this to know what your general feel overall. Thanks.
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:40 AM, hello world wrote:
Hello,
It's been a few years since I didn't come around boost.org, and I was just wondering...
Is boost still a monolithic library? or Is it a collection of separate libraries now?
I don't think that boost was ever a monolithic library, though it is distributed as one.
Or to state it another way:
Is it ``easy'' to take only one library's files from the boost distribution and use it. Or do I have to carry everything around even If I'm using just one library?
There's a tool, 'bcp' specifically for extracting subsets (as small as a single library) from the boost distribution. -- Marshall Marshall Clow Idio Software <mailto:mclow.lists@gmail.com> A.D. 1517: Martin Luther nails his 95 Theses to the church door and is promptly moderated down to (-1, Flamebait). -- Yu Suzuki
on Wed Jun 20 2012, Marshall Clow <mclow.lists-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
On Jun 20, 2012, at 1:40 AM, hello world wrote:
Hello,
It's been a few years since I didn't come around boost.org, and I was just wondering...
Is boost still a monolithic library? or Is it a collection of separate libraries now?
I don't think that boost was ever a monolithic library, though it is distributed as one.
Or to state it another way:
Is it ``easy'' to take only one library's files from the boost distribution and use it. Or do I have to carry everything around even If I'm using just one library?
There's a tool, 'bcp' specifically for extracting subsets (as small as a single library) from the boost distribution.
There is also a modularized configuration of Boost, to which we plan to move: http://github.com/boost-lib -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com
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