Re: [boost] cmake target and binary name mangling

On 24/07/2017 13:20, Olaf van der Spek wrote:

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Niall Douglas via Boost wrote:

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So everything you just said is all irrelevant. Meanwhile, there are *enormous* end user gains to mangling the binary name.

Then why does no linux distro do this? Even when they support compiling for multiple platforms. I think the standard way is to use separate directories instead of using encoded name, which is very much relevant and current practice.

Different audiences.

Note I have little problem with the boost release zip of precompiled binaries not having mangled names, though I still think it

How'd you handle Debug vs Release mode on Windows?

Well, Windows is an outlier in that you can't safely mix debug and release CRTs. As I mentioned, me personally I'd ship the name mangled versions always. I've found it leads to less surprise. Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/