RE: [boost] Re: Long toolset names

From: Stefan Seefeld (sseefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-01 10:28:22

> From: Tony Juricic [mailto:tonygeek_at_[hidden]]
> Sent: October 1, 2004 11:10

> As far as MS VS IDE is concerned, build directory names like "debug
> runtime-static threading-multi" (with the space character) 
> would make life
> easier than directory tree like the current
> "...debug/runtime-static/threading-multi" because the string "debug
> runtime-static threading-multi" can become 
> $(ConfigurationName) macro in
> IDE.

I'd strongly suggest not to use spaces in file / directory names,
as that makes life unnecessarily hard for users of command-line
tools.

But I agree that collapsing some option sets into single directory
names would be quite convenient.

Regards,
                Stefan