On 2019-05-20 11:20 a.m., Jones, Torrin A (US) wrote:
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.
What did you expect ? It's obvious that a given release of Boost.Python
can not make any compatibility guarantees about future Python releases,
unless, of course, Python itself promises to be fully backward
compatible. That's precisely why the versioning scheme used by Python
supports the distinction between "major" and "minor" version, to be able
to make statements as to what degree of backward-compatibility to expect.
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.
What's your point, exactly ? What are you trying to do ?
(For the specific case, I would *hope* that Boost.Python 1.66.0 was
compatible with Python 3.6.4, for the reason I cite above. But of
course, there is no guarantee. Boost is Free Software, and its license
(https://www.boost.org/users/license.html) clearly states that it is
provided "...without warranty of any kind...". So make of it what you want.)
Stefan
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...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...
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