Re: compiler gives me error message " boost/smart_ptr.h: No such file or directory"

From:
James Kanze <james.kanze@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.c++
Date:
Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:01:06 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 28, 11:03 am, Gert-Jan de Vos <gert-
jan.de....@onsneteindhoven.nl> wrote:

On Apr 28, 9:41 am, James Kanze <james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Apr 27, 8:35 pm, Gert-Jan de Vos <gert-

jan.de....@onsneteindhoven.nl> wrote:

On Apr 27, 8:26 pm, Pallav singh <singh.pal...@gmail.com> wrote:

while compiling the following code my compiler gives me error messa=

ge

" boost/smart_ptr.h: No such file or directory" . do i need to giv=

e

some comiplation option for it ...such as where to find header file

Try: #include <boost/smart_ptr.hpp>


That shouldn't change anything. The standard says that when
using #include "...", if the search fails, the directive is
reprocessed as if it were #include <...>.


.hpp rather than .h might make the difference..


Using the correct name of the file is a requirement, yes:-).
I'd missed that you'd changed the name of the file, as well as
changing the form from "..." to <...>. (And generally, if Boost
is correctly installed, you probably should consider it part of
the "implementation", so <...> would be more appropriate.)

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