04.04.07, 12:54, Martin Bonner <Martin.Bonner@pi-shurlok.com>:

If shared_ptr had not been header only, I am pretty sure I could not have got it in use in my company. There is a BIG difference between "I've added a header tree to the 'install' folder in Source Control", and "you need to install this chunky library on your system in order to be able to develop this project".

Luckily, parts of boost move to the std namespace and therefore have a chance to be split into include files and libstd implementation files. I'm starting to like Jeff's BOOST_ALLOW_ALL_HEADER_WITH_SYSTEM_INCLUDES. It's more work for boost developers but it would simplify an integration with the standard C++ library. -- Alexander Nasonov