Re: [boost] [SoC] Summer of Code Project Ideas

Subject: Re: [boost] [SoC] Summer of Code Project Ideas
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-09 13:39:02

Robert Ramey wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
>> Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>> Would you please list the tools that produce equally useful result
>> tables?  I am sure everybody will jump instantly as soon as such tools are
>> identified.
> 
> I can't resist the opportunity to flog my own library_status program and
> library test scripts in the tools/regression/src directory.  I derived these
> from Beman's original compiler_status source.  I use it because it
> provides what I need in a fairly simple way.  That is
> 
> a) it's built with C++ and boost so I didn't need to learn a whole
> new thing.
> b) it easily works with one library at a time on my local system
> c) produces a much more useful table with different columns
> for different build scenarios - release, dll, etc.
> d) works well with bjam
> 
> It doesn't work with all libraries as it has to make certain
> assumptions about directory structure which are not
> true for some libraries.  It also has a fair amount of
> hacked code to try to accomodate these situations.  But
> all in all, I find it exactly what I need - No surprise there
> as I made it to solve my problems.

I am not sure what motifications you have made, but unless you
have rewritten everything from scratch I fail to see how
this can be a solution even remotely comparable to what we have
at present.

- Volodya