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Check the library regression test <a href="../../../test/Jamfile.v2" target="_top"><code class="literal">Jamfile.v2</code></a> 60 for any special configuration that might be required for a specific compiler. 61 </p> 62</div> 63<div class="section"> 64<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> 65<a name="boost_functional_overloadedfunction.getting_started.installation"></a><a class="link" href="getting_started.html#boost_functional_overloadedfunction.getting_started.installation" title="Installation">Installation</a> 66</h3></div></div></div> 67<p> 68 This library is composed of header files only. Therefore there is no pre-compiled 69 object file which needs to be installed. Programmers can simply instruct 70 the compiler where to find the library header files (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">I</span></code> option on GCC, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">I</span></code> option on MSVC, etc) and compile code 71 using the library. 72 </p> 73<p> 74 The maximum number of functions to overload is given by the <code class="computeroutput">BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_OVERLOAD_MAX</code> 75 configuration macro. The maximum number of function parameters for each of 76 the specified function type is given by the <code class="computeroutput">BOOST_FUNCTIONAL_OVERLOADED_FUNCTION_CONFIG_ARITY_MAX</code> 77 configuration macro. All configuration macros have appropriate default values 78 when they are left undefined. 79 </p> 80</div> 81</div> 82<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> 83<td align="left"></td> 84<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2011, 2012 Lorenzo Caminiti<p> 85 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0 (see accompanying 86 file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) 87 </p> 88</div></td> 89</tr></table> 90<hr> 91<div class="spirit-nav"> 92<a accesskey="p" href="../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="tutorial.html"><img src="../../../../../../doc/src/images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> 93</div> 94</body> 95</html> 96