Re: [jamboost] Re: [boost] cross-project dependencies

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-09-10 00:53:45

David Abrahams wrote:

> > Hmm... IIRC, it was discussed between Ali, myself, and *you* some time
> > ago. In short, it was decided that @ does not add anything.
>
> Yes, but now some crazy "//" notation which I don't understand has
> shown up. Where did that come from and why do we have it?

Well, the motivation is explained by Ali at the very end of 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/2720/

Some followups are in
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/2736/

"//" is the separator between project-id and target-id. 

In fact, I almost regret that I agreed to change target-id syntax based on 
subjective judgements. Apparently, what was confusing for Ali was ok for you,
and now you're confused about target-ids.

- Volodya