Anything above version 2.2
OK, I understand what you are saying below, but there seems to be a little bit 
more to this . . .

Example: This was fixed in boost-1.67.0.  So in theory, nothing below boost 
python 1.67.0 supports Python 3.7.  I guess I didn't ask about older versions 
of boost python though.

https://github.com/boostorg/python/commit/660487c43fde76f3e64f1cb2e644500da92fe582

For clarity, my boss is asking, "what version of python does boost python 
support?"  I was hoping there was some kind of table or something, but I guess 
the answer is something like, "It supports whatever version of python was out 
at the time that boost python was released?"  And then we can go back and look 
at release dates.  LOL.

Ex: boost python 1.66.0 was released/tagged on Nov 17, 2017.  Python 3.6.3 was 
released on Oct 3, 2017.  Python 3.6.4 was released on Dec 19. 2017.  So in 
theory boost python 1.66.0 has support for Python 3.6.3, but does not have 
support for Python 3.6.4.  I know that's ludicrous but, I work in the corporate 
world so here we are.

There isn't another question here, but if you have any other thoughts on this 
please reply.


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On 2019-05-16 3:43 p.m., Jones, Torrin A (US) wrote:
What version of python does boost::python officially support?

Anything above version 2.2
I noticed in the python build file (see link below), it will only find from 
version 1.5 to 3.4.  Does this mean that boost python really only supports up 
to 3.4?  Folks do appear to be using other versions, but the fact that this 
only goes to 3.4 leads me to believe that is as far as it's been tested.  Is 
that right?

Definitely not. You are right, though: this file needs to be fixed. (I'm not 
maintaining this file myself, so I'll follow up with the relevant people 
(Boost.Build).)

Boost internally regularly builds and tests Boost.Python with versions > 3.4. 
and I know various distributions containing Boost.Python packages built against 
more recent Python versions.

See for example https://anaconda.org/anaconda/boost/files
What are the official versions?  Is there any documentation that says that?

Not really, as Boost only "officially" releases source packages. Users are free 
to compile against a large range of tools and prerequisites (compilers, Python 
versions, etc.).

If you find any issues building and running against a particular Python 
version, please file a bug report, and I'll try to help as quickly as possible.

[Stefan]

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