Consider the example property: <link>static.
 
The "grist" would be "<link>".
 
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Subject: [Boost-build] Explanation of word "grist" in documentation
From: "Edward Diener" <eldiener@tropicsoft.com>
Date: 5/23/16 3:29 pm
To: boost-build@lists.boost.org

In the documentation for Variable Expansion in the Boost Build doc I read:

"A variable element's string value can be parsed into grist and
filename-related components."

What does "grist" mean in this context ?

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