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

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-30 16:15:44

[2002-10-30] Vladimir Prus wrote:

> 
>> >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? 

[ path.root sub1/sub2/.. . ]

produces: sub1/sub2/..

I would think it should procude: sub1

The problem is that path.join only reduces if the path is given to it in
parts.

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