Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/new project-root.jam,1.13,1.14

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-30 13:56:28

> >Rene, did you look at 'path.root' rule? With it, you can write 
this as: 
> > 
> > value = [ path.root $(value) $(self.location) ] ; 
> 
> I did... the difference is that the way I did it simplifies the 
path in 
> addition to rooting it. I thought about changing the path.root to 
do what I 
> did above but didn't know if that would break anything else. 

Well.. path.root calls path.join which should simplify too. 
Do you have an example where path.root won't do the right thing? 

- Volodya