Re: [jamboost] Target id syntax

From: Ali Azarbayejani (ali_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-27 09:39:46

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> Ali Azarbayejani wrote:
> > I'd definitely like to tighten this up...as I've mentioned before, your
> > first example below has been messing me up (foo/bar either file or
> > target in directory foo).
> 
> I think we've never finished discussion that issue --- IIRC I've asked a
> couple of questions. As for
> 
> foo/bar@/boost/filesystem/filesystem
> 
> syntax: unless Dave is -1, I'll remove support for it when I get back to
> Boost.Build hacking next time. So we'll have
> 
> foo/bar
> 
> for regular filesystem paths and
> 
> @/boost/filesystem
> 
> for project ids. And no other cases.

this means that if you want to use a project in another directory, that
project must have a project id? you can't refer to it simply by
location? (this is fine with me, i'm just asking if i understand
correctly.) or can you say something like "@../lib/foo" to indicate
target "foo" in project at location "../lib"?

--ali