[Adobe-source-devel] Questions on using Boost

[Jacob F. <ja...@gm...>]

I was hoping someone could lend me a hand w/ some questions on Boost.

First, should I use the patched or unpatched version of Boost with my
application?  I would just as soon have a single flavor of Boost on my
system rather than 2.  So it's no problem to use the adobe/third_party one.
But, I am also curious if it would cause problems for someone to use the
unpatched Boost distribution at the same time as using ASL.

Second, assuming there are no objections to using the adobe/third_party
flavor of Boost, I have a linking question.  On my system (XP, VC80), for
example, ASL builds the debug filesystem lib named as follows:
boost_filesystem-vc80-mt-d-1_33.lib
However, including boost/filesystem in my own application triggers an
auto_link w/ the following:
libboost_filesystem-vc80-mt-sgd-1_33_1.lib

I do not understand where the discrepancies in naming come from.
Apparently, the Adobe built lib is intended to be used as a dynamical lib,
but I do not see a corresponding DLL.  Also, why would the versions differ?

Thanks!
Jacob

ps
Nice work on the latest ASL release!  AFAICT, It downloaded and built w/out
a hitch!