Tim Moore wrote: > I've been working on effects support for FlightGear, as part of the > work I've been doing on integrating shadows into the OSG version. > Roughly speaking an effect is like a material for an object, but it > can support different techniques based on OpenGL features and user > choices. Each technique is multipass and of course supports > shaders. Anyway, in doing this work I've been using the Boost > library from boost.org, and I'd like to introduce it as a new > dependency in FlightGear. I've used its rich support for working > with STL iterators and binding functions for use with STL > algorithms. More generally, I like Boost's implementation of the > TR1 libraries that are being introduced in the C++0x > standardization process (including a standard hash table > implementation). Boost contains a ton of well-tested, useful code. > > I know that Boost is well supported on Linux and see that it is on > Windows as well, though I have no direct experience with that. Are > there any objections to or comments about adding Boost as a > FlightGear dependency?
I use Boost under Windows at work and for my current project, without any problem. I remember we tried to include some chunk of Boost inside Simgear in the past but had some problems with old compilers ( MipsPro ? ) and removed it. Maybe it is time to reconsider this. Boost is an incredible toolkit and our OSG version should already require competent compilers that are supported by Boost. -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http://my.fotolia.com/frfoto/ Photo gallery - album photo http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
