Re: thoughts and comments on bjam/Boost.Build V2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-08 11:26:37

Samuel Krempp <krempp_at_[hidden]> writes:

> le Wednesday 04 February 2004 08:16, ghost_at_[hidden] écrivit :
>>> > The "-sTOOLS" syntax is gone in V2.
>>>
>>> Why is this so ?
>> 
>> I think we wanted to move away from using variable to specify things
>> anywhere.
>
> but this syntax makes the toolset look like a target

You can think of it as a target. One way to look at it is as though
bjam creates a target called "gcc" that depends on all the actual file
targets built with the gcc toolset.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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