Re: [jamboost] More on features

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-08-12 04:55:26

David Abrahams wrote:

> > Okay, I hope to find a couple of hours this weekend to implement active
> > features/properties. I think I won't make it another feature attribute,
>
> but
>
> > rather make a new
> >
> > feature.activate ( property : rule )
> >
> > rule
>
> So you can pile on as many rules as you like for any given property?
> I like that.

I didn't think about that --- but it looks reasonable. 

> I think I might prefer:
>
> feature.action ( property : rule )
>
> so you write:
>
> feature.action <stdlib>stlport : add-stlport-paths ;

OK, I have "activate" and "run-active" now, which will become "action" and 
"run-actions" in your proposal. Hmm... I have to admit that "action" more
directly says what is going on.

- Volodya