Re: [Adobe-source-devel] Questions on using Boost

[Sean P. <sp...@ad...>]

On Nov 10, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Jacob Foshee wrote:

> 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.

Shouldn't be much of a problem - info on the patches are here:  
<http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/About_Boost_Patches>


>
> 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

Hmm - Mat or Foster might be able to answer that one.
Sean