Re: [jamboost] Re: tooset flags problem

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-01-15 07:35:39

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>>>>It *is* the coolness. However, I'm a bit surprised it worked, since
>>>>the whole reason I changed gcc.jam was that it was still reporting
>>>><toolset-version> as invalid.
>>>
>>>I though that your intention was not to make <toolset-version>
>>>valid,
>> 
>> 
>> I didn't have that specific intention in mind. I do worry that if
>> <toolset-version> remains invalid, it's going to come back and bite us
>> eventually.
>
> Hmm.. I recall you were saying <toolset-version> is not for users to
> specify. Did you change your mind?

Not sure whether I meant that I wanted to prohibit it, or just that
they were unlikely to specify it. The latter seems more likely.
However, what I'm concerned about is that some of our code will do
validation after expansion, and that shouldn't cause an error.

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