RE: [jamboost] Re: Some fundamental misunderstandings (v2)

From: Mark Elston (m.elston_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-06-17 12:22:50

Hmmm. I've never been one to advocate keeping a messy solution just
for convenience. I like the syntax but not so much that I would
recommend keeping it if it causes long-term maintenance problems.

BTW, where is the code that supports this? I'd like to take a look.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vladimir Prus [mailto:ghost_at_[hidden]]On Behalf Of Vladimir
> Prus
> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 11:06 PM
> To: jamboost_at_[hidden]
> Subject: Re: [jamboost] Re: Some fundamental misunderstandings (v2)
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> David Abrahams wrote:
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> > There's also a shortcut like this:
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> > bjam variant=debug,release toolset=msvc,gcc MyTarget
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> Some time ago I though we probably should remove this shortcut, 
> since the code 
> to support it is messy. Maybe it's still worth keeping, if it 
> really helps 
> the users.
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> - Volodya
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