Re: [jamboost] The "project" rule

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-07-05 10:03:13

From: "Vladimir Prus" <ghost_at_[hidden]>

> David Abrahams wrote:
> > Maybe it would best to use separate rules for separate purposes? That
> > increases the ability to check for errors and reduces confusion, IMO.
> >
> > maybe, project and extern-project?
> >
> > or, project and project-id?
>
> Well... I was talking about it long ago but it wasn't well received :-)
>
> I'd prefer "use-project" to "extern-project".

I was just thinking the same thing.

> BTW, why do we need
> "jamfile-location" attribute for projects if we invent "use-project"?

So that a project's project-config.jam may use-project once, and no
subprojects have to know where the jamfile is.