Boost C++ Libraries: Ticket #3300: GraphML reader does not build on Windows with VC without modifying Jamfile

Vladimir Prus — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:31:14 GMT

I have looked at official expat package for Windows. It appears to contain these:

Dynamic ascii build -- libexpat.{lib,dll}
Static ascii build -- libexpatMT.lib
Dynamic unicode build -- libexpatw.{lib,dll}
Static unicode build -- libexpatwMT.lib

Now, I believe graph needs ascii version. Shall we use static or dynamic build by default? Static seems a little bit safer.

Jeremiah Willcock — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:22:26 GMT

Looking at the configuration for Unix, it appears that the dynamic library is used there. I do not know about ASCII vs. Unicode; which library versions do Boost libraries use by default?

Vladimir Prus — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:18:29 GMT

The question is what is best for Windows users. On Linux, shared expat is likely in /usr/lib so is painless. On Windows, one might need to add directories to PATH, or something. So, I am leaning towards static.

As for Unicode - unless Boost.Graph wishes to pass wchar_t to expat, we should use ascii version.

Jeremiah Willcock — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:21:46 GMT

OK. We can use the ASCII version; is a shared library ever required on Windows (for threads or such)? Otherwise, I am fine with just using the static library.

status changed; resolution set

Jeremiah Willcock — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:26 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → fixed

(In [58035]) Rewrote GraphML parser to use Boost.PropertyTree; fixes #3300