Another target type for BBv2...

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-26 23:38:27

The discussion of system libraries UI made me think of another target type
that would be nice to have. With the new way of specifying alternatives of
the same target, and previous desires to manage source files moreffectively,
it seems that we need a way to support source files more effectively. For
this I think having a special target for specifying sources (mostly files)
is desireable.

The idea is to have a "source" target that can collect a set a sources into
a single named target which can later be used a substitute for those
sources. For example specifying an executable which has different files
depending on the toolset would currently be:

exe test : main-gcc.cpp source1.cpp source2.cpp : <toolset>gcc ;
exe test : main-msvc.cpp source1.cpp source2.cpp : <toolset>msvc ;
exe test : main-darwin.cpp source1.cpp source2.cpp : <toolset>darwin ;

With a source target it would be:

source test-src : source1.cpp source2.cpp ;
exe test : main-gcc.cpp test-src : <toolset>gcc ;
exe test : main-msvc.cpp test-src : <toolset>msvc ;
exe test : main-darwin.cpp test-src : <toolset>darwin ;

Or even:

source test-src-common : source1.cpp source2.cpp ;
source test-src : main-gcc.cpp test-src-common : <toolset>gcc ;
source test-src : main-msvc.cpp test-src-common : <toolset>msvc ;
source test-src : main-darwin.cpp test-src-common : <toolset>darwin ;
exe test : test-src ;

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