Doug Gregor wrote:

On Jul 14, 2004, at 9:06 AM, Klaus Nowikow wrote:

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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 :(

I thought so. I will have to discuss this with my co-workers, but I think we will be able to deal with this -- by staying with one version for several boost release cycles. The real problem is that every new boost version brings interesting new features, and it's terribly hard to keep my hands off them ;-) -- Klaus