Re: [boost] Re: Math Functions & Build system

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-29 19:08:25

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Ford" <eford_at_[hidden]>

> > Boost.Build already works
> > with lex and yacc / flex and bison.
>
> I was thinking of a simple C++ program that would perform the
> necessary calculations and write a header file to stdout.  Is there a
> reason for using meta-meta-programming tools?

No, those are just examples of tools which automatically build header (and
source) files. You can set it up so that projects which require the headers
cause them to be generated on demand, just as with lex/yacc.

-Dave