Re: [jamboost] patch boost-base.jam project wide settings

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-28 11:25:50

IMO Thomas is on the right track; if you really want a global requirement
set it would make just as much sense to use a global variable.

-Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rene Rivera" <grafik666_at_[hidden]>
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [jamboost] patch boost-base.jam project wide settings

> On 2002-02-26 at 06:40 PM, witt_at_[hidden] (Thomas Witt) wrote:
>
> >In the original proposal templates were handled similar to targets. They
have
> >a subproject-path. Do the proposed requirements work the same way i.e.
does
> >the following work:
> >
> >file a.jam
> >- ---
> >
> >project-root ;
> >
> >requirements Req :
> > <define>REQROOT
> >;
> >
> >file b.jam
> >- ---
> >
> >subproject ping ;
> >
> >requirements Req : ../Req
> > <define>REQPING
> >;
> >
> >
> >file c.jam
> >- ---
> >
> >subproject pong ;
> >
> >requirements Req : ../ping/Req
> > <define>REQPONG
> >;
> >
> >I think using "global" names for req's is dangerous as name clashes are
more
> >likely with req's than with variants.
>
> Yes, it would make sense to do so. But in my keeping to mirror variant it
> would also have to be possible to have "global" ones also.
>
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