On 9/13/2010 3:16 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 13/09/2010 16:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : >> >> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >> The reason I ask is I wanted to use boost::shared_ptr to solve an issue I was >> having while working on the new component library code an found that there >> are >> some missing header files that prevent using boost::shared_ptr. This was >> easily solved by adding the missing files to the Kicad source. I had just >> assumed (mistake on my part) that we were using the full Boost header >> install. >> Obviously that is not the case. I just wanted to make sure there is no >> technical (or philosophical) reason not to include the additional headers >> required to use boost::shared_ptr before I make any commits. Maybe we should >> just include all of the Boost headers rather than a subset even though it >> would >> add quite a bit of code to the Kicad source. Anyone else have any thoughts >> on >> this? >> >> Wayne >> > > I do not know the advantage of boost::shared_ptr, so I am talking just about > Boost include files in Kicad. > Only needed files are included in Kicad, because the full Boost package (only > the .hpp files) is 68 Mbyte large. > Currently in Kicad in 19 Mb large. > Including the full Boost header could increase significantly time to > commit/update Kicad changes, > download the full sources, or create a new branch for testing purpose, > and (under Windows only), the access time to kicad directory when opening them > with Explorer. > Spare time is the reason why only a minimal subset is in Kicad. > > I saw some other open source project which do the same thing as Kicad (include > only the needed subset of boost files). > > Of course, when other files are needed, they can (and must) be added.
Thanks for input. If I decide to stick with the boost::shared_ptr implementation, I will commit the necessary boost header files. Wayne > Recently, I added the boost polygon library > ( Unfortunately, due to some bugs in this library, currently I cannot use it > like I want ) > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
