boost source code

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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.