Re: [Monotone-devel] list branches on server?

[Zack Weinberg]

On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 7:15 AM, Timothy Brownawell<address@hidden> wrote:
>> This applies to any library written in C++, not just Boost. Botan is
>> in C++.
>>
>> And it applies to C libraries as well, but apparently they are
>> more stable?
>>
>> In general, anyone experimenting with new versions of compilers has to
>> be aware of such issues, and compile everything consistently.
>
> Yes... I guess what made this a "boost issue" is that boost was the only
> library we didn't bundle at the time.

Also, boost pushes the boundaries of C++ a lot more than any other C++
library -- that's what it's *for*, kinda.  I expect Botan to be a lot
less trouble that way.

C libraries do tend to be more stable.

> Do you know of a way to detect at runtime which compiler version was
> used for the libraries?

"mtn version --full" prints at least some of the necessary information.

zw