Metrowerks 9 toolset changes

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-01-07 09:46:31

I've been beta testing Metrowerks 9 using the cwpro8 toolset. Seems to work 
OK with no changes to the toolset. But...

There are a few issues:

* The version being part of the toolset name is confusing when invoking 
bjam, and also means that build and test sub-directories created by bjam 
are misleadingly named "cwpro8".

* Libraries have "cw8" in their mangled name rather than "cw9" or just 
plain "cw". This is about to become more important because we are going to 
add auto-link support for Metrowerks as soon as the toolset issues are 
settled.

* An option, "-prefix UseDLLPrefix.h", is redundant with 9.x, and should be 
removed as confusing. (Thanks to Ed Swartz of Metrowerks for pointing that 
out.)

Does that means we need a new "cwpro9" toolset, or should we create a 
single "cw" toolset and deprecate "cwpro8"? (The "pro" part of the name 
always seemed redundant to me. In discussions, people always abbreviate the 
CodeWarrior compiler name as "cw", not "cwpro".)

Whatever the answer is, I'd appreciate it if one of the jamboost experts 
could make the necessary changes.

Thanks,

--Beman