Support boost::random and libboost-random

[cmcqueen]

I was trying to use boost::random::random_device, and when linking got a linker error. Apparently I need to link with libboost-random. But these macros don't support it.

So I guess it would be great to have a BOOST_RANDOM macro to link with libboost-random.

[tsuna]

Can you send a pull request?
Thanks.

[cmcqueen]

Hmm it's a little tricky. I'm not a Boost expert so I'm a little unsure here...

Boost Unix Variants—Header-Only Libraries says

Boost.Random has a binary component which is only needed if you're using random_device.

But many people may want to use Boost.Random without using random_device. And random_device is supposedly not necessarily supported on all platforms.

So, do you think it would be good to have two macros, BOOST_RANDOM which just checks for the headers, and BOOST_RANDOM_DEVICE which links with the library? I don't see such a thing for other macros, so I guess that's not a good idea. But given that random_device may not be supported on all platforms, I'm not sure what code to put in the BOOST_FIND_LIB() macro call when defining BOOST_RANDOM.

[tsuna]

Sounds good yeah.

[cmcqueen]

Sorry, I edited my comment around the same time you commented I think. So you do think it's okay to have two macros for this case?

[tsuna]

Yeah, either that or make a single macro with an optional argument.