Re: [jamboost] Re: [Boost-build] CVS: boost/tools/build/new regex.jam,1.7,1.8

From: Rene Rivera (grafik666_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-04-28 08:47:08

[2003-04-28] Vladimir Prus wrote:

>
>Just some nitpicking....
>
>> +# Replaces occurances of a string in a given string. Returns the
>> +# new string.
>> +#
>> +rule replace (
>> + string # The string to modify.
>> + match # The characters to replace.
>> + replacement # The string to replace with.
>> + )
>
>Should not this comment say if 'match' can contain regex metacharacters?
>And if 'replacement' can refer to matched string. I guess the answer is yes
in 
>first case, and no in the second, but it's better be documented.

Yes, to the first. I'll fix the comment :-)

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