Re: [jamboost] Bug in msvc.jam?

From: Ali Azarbayejani (ali_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-06-09 09:21:51

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> However, there's a more general problem. People might write
> 
> lib a : a_gcc.cpp : <toolset>gcc ;
> lib a : a_msvc.cpp : <toolset>msvc ;
> 
> and such a thing requires to initialize both "gcc" and "msvc" toolsets --- on 
> all platforms, because otherwise, <toolset>msvc won't be recognized as valid 
> property.
> 
> No solution is devised yet. One might be to disable the error message. Other 
> is to allow to disable checks explicitly, when configuring msvc. Yet another 
> is to allow the user to say "<toolset>msvc is valid property", without 
> initialazing msvc.
> 
> I prefer the last approach -- since it's the simplest and will work regardless 
> of user-config content. 

I also prefer the last approach.