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Navaneeth K N
Navaneeth K N

Reputation: 15501

boost source code

Is there any way to get the boost libraries source code? I have browsed the SVN repository and I could see only HPP files. No source files are available there. I would like to look into the source code for "shared_ptr". Can anyone guide me?

Also from where can I download BCP utility?

Upvotes: 11

Views: 10572

Answers (5)

Adam Rosenfield
Adam Rosenfield

Reputation: 400224

The vast majority of the source code is entirely in the header files - it has to be in order for templates to work. You cannot put template code in source files and compile them separately.

Upvotes: 30

JoeG
JoeG

Reputation: 13182

All source files (.cpp) are under under /boost/libs/<library-name>

The majority of boost libraries consist entirely of headers. The exceptions are:

  • test
  • thread
  • wave
  • serialization
  • signals
  • python
  • regex
  • math
  • graph
  • iostreams
  • filesystem
  • datetime

Upvotes: 6

Johannes Schaub - litb
Johannes Schaub - litb

Reputation: 506925

Most part of boost is in headers, but some parts are in cpp-files too. The doc index page lists which libraries are header/not header only. You can download the boost source here. The source of bcp is available in the archive too, in the tools/bcp subdirectory.

Upvotes: 3

Sebastian Redl
Sebastian Redl

Reputation: 71939

The Boost libraries have the following core directory structure:

-> boost : Contains the header files. Since much of Boost is implemented in headers, this also contains lots of implementation, usually in detail subdirectories.

-> lib : Contains the precompiled sources, test suites, examples, and sometimes documentation of the libraries.

-> doc : Contains some documentation.

-> tools : Contains the tools like Boost.Jam, Boost.Build, standalone Wave, and also BCP.

Upvotes: 1

Eclipse
Eclipse

Reputation: 45493

As Adam mentioned, it's almost all in the headers. Some, like boost::regex, do require source files to be built, but those are also included in the main download.

The BCP utility is included in the main download.

Upvotes: 3

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