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

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-09 09:35:21

Rene Rivera wrote:

> >I could not understand this sentence. What is "It" and why replace the
>
> above?
>
> Sorry I was refering to the top of the original message. The syntax would
> go from the current:
>
> local attributes = [ project.attributes $(__name__) ] ;
> local project-root-module = [ $(attributes).get project-root-module ] ;
>
> To (this is from code I have in project-root.jam):
>
> local project-root-module = [ $(__name__).project-attributes get
> project-root-module ] ;

Well... there's already "project.attribute" rule which would allow to say

local project-root-module = [ project.attribute $(__name__) 
project-root-module ] 

Seems like this is almost equvivalent in verbosity -- only your approach 
requires to keep some objects in Jamfile modules, while my does not.

- Volodya