Re: [jamboost] Progress on issue 578618: Leave jamfile modules for user.

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-07 02:06:51

Rene Rivera wrote:

> >> Or do you want me to work on it?
> >
> >I like the second variant better ;-)
>
> OK. done.

Great. So, we've got only one remaining question -- should be import rules 
from parent project. I suggest that we don't discuss this for long -- there's 
no obvious need now, so let's close the issue and reopen it when/if this 
functionality is required. Is that fine with you?

> >> Either way one issue is... When should the
> >> rules be imported? The three choices I see are: 1) in
>
> new/project-root.jam
>
> >> before the project gets loaded; 2) in new/project.jam before loading the
> >> project, but after creating the project module; or 3) after the project
> >I favour #2, although don't know why.
>
> I did #1 :-) It was easier there because it needed to refer to the
> project-root-context in the same file.

That's OK. It has no practical difference anyway.

- Volodya