Re: [jamboost] Re: Re: Template problem (for Rene?)

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-05 11:30:52

[2002-09-05] Patrick Frants wrote:

>Rene Rivera <grafik666_at_[hidden]> wrote in
>news:20020905110505-r01010800-273d375a-0860-0108_at_12.100.89.43: 
>> But the template reference has to be a relative reference because it is
>> a target. So this should work instead...
>
>Ok, it works but maybe it should be made explicit in the documentation. 
>Maybe it is in there somewhere, but in that case it is in typical unix-
>style (not user friendly): It is in there, but you need to read it 1000 
>times to finally notice it. 
>
> Maybe the example could be turned into an example with a subdirectory? I 
>really think that is the way most users would use templates.

Won't argue that the documentation is hard to follow ;-)

In recent times I've taken to adding examples to demonstrate some of the
behaviour of Boost.Build, so in 1.29.0 there will be an tools/build/examples
dicrectory of such things.

But I'll make sure to add an example of templates like yours in there.

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