Re: [boost] Just another GSoC project idea: Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Just another GSoC project idea: Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-16 23:33:55

On 09.02.2014 23:06, Boris Schäling wrote:
> Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries
>
> 1. Write a parser for the most important rules (exe, lib and so on) based on Boost.Spirit
> 2. Use the parser's actions to create a dependency tree based on Boost.Graph
> 3. Attach Python functions to the nodes in the dependency tree based on Boost.Python
> 4. Implement Python functions for one toolset (like g++)

Boris,

personally, it seems it would be more useful to instead improve Boost.Build/Python; for example
API with IDE will be certainly useful and sufficiently local project.

- Volodya