Re: [jamboost] Boost.Build V2, load behaviour part 2.

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-31 13:47:22

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From: "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]>
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: [jamboost] Boost.Build V2, load behaviour part 2.

>
> I wonder if it
> wouldn't be better just to be consistent:
>
> $(.$(module-name).$(name).docs)
>
> ?? Just musing here. No strong position on it.

Changed my mind; I hate it.

Back to $($(module-name).$(name).docs) or $($(module-name),$(name).docs)

$(*$(module-name).$(name).docs) might be OK, but I see no reason to push
it.

OK, what about this rule: global variable names contain a "."
If you don't have a better place to put it, put it at the beginning.

$(.foo) is an intended-global variable expansion

$($(foo).bar) is also an intended-global variable expansion.

$(foo) is not an intended global.

-Dave