Re: [jamboost] Re: M9 preview available

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-03 02:57:41

David Abrahams wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > /me think that rsp file should be created as part of msvc.link
>
> Why is "/me" better than "I"?

It's not better, it's just me who can't speak in plain language ("/me" is an 
IRC way to make statement in the third person).

> > action, and those problems will disappear. I.e. msvc.link is marked
> > as producing EXE and RSP and msvc.link rule creates RSP and then
> > invokes linker. In this case, rsp will be always recreated when
> > needed.
>
> This was solved in v1. Can't you just follow the same protocol?

I can. In fact, the v1 protocol is that link rule explicitly calls 
'with-command-file' rule. That's *exactly* what I consider that right 
solution for V2, only we'd call existing 'builtin.response-file' rule.

- Volodya