Re: [jamboost] patch boost-base.jam project wide settings

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-28 11:15:20

On 2002-02-26 at 06:40 PM, witt_at_[hidden] (Thomas Witt) wrote:

>In the original proposal templates were handled similar to targets. They have 
>a subproject-path. Do the proposed requirements work the same way i.e. does 
>the following work:
>
>file a.jam
>- ---
>
>project-root ;
>
>requirements Req :
> <define>REQROOT
>;
>
>file b.jam
>- ---
>
>subproject ping ;
>
>requirements Req : ../Req
> <define>REQPING
>;
>
>
>file c.jam
>- ---
>
>subproject pong ;
>
>requirements Req : ../ping/Req
> <define>REQPONG
>;
>
>I think using "global" names for req's is dangerous as name clashes are more 
>likely with req's than with variants.

Yes, it would make sense to do so. But in my keeping to mirror variant it
would also have to be possible to have "global" ones also.

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