Re: [boost] [Hana] Integration with the regression Matrix

Subject: Re: [boost] [Hana] Integration with the regression Matrix
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-10 05:02:04

On 10/10/2015 09:55, Andrey Semashev wrote:
> On 10.10.2015 01:05, Louis Dionne wrote:
>>
>> Also, before someone suggests using Boost.Build: I have been looking 
>> at the
>> possibility of maintaining a separate Jamfile. However, the need to 
>> maintain
>> two separate build systems is annoying, so I'd like to avoid it if 
>> possible.
>
> Others have addressed the need for supporting Boost.Build. I can add 
> that it is possible to create a Jamfile that will automatically 
> iterate over the test sources and need not updating at all. You can 
> find an example in Boost.Log:
>
> https://github.com/boostorg/log/blob/develop/test/Jamfile.v2
>

I was just about to say, that if the tests are uniformly named, then 
self-updating Jamfiles are easy enough.  An even simpler example is in 
the type_traits lib: 
https://github.com/boostorg/type_traits/blob/master/test/Jamfile.v2

HTH, John.