Re: Toolset options

From: Andre Hentz (ahentz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-14 01:31:59

Hi Volodya,

I'll get to that as soon as I get some time.

Thanks,

Andre Hentz
Vladimir Prus wrote:
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> Hi Andre,
> there's as yet uncommitted patch from you which allows to specify the type of 
> linker (gnu or sun) for the gcc toolset. The questions was if the new 
> parameter to init conflicts with compiler options and linker options 
> parameters.
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> I now think that it's desirable to collapse the parameters in one, so it's 
> possible to write:
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> using gcc : 3.4 : : <cxxflags>foo <linkflags>bar <linker-type>sun ;
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> Having 5 positional parameters would be an overkill.
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> If you have the time to update your patch so that it uses this syntax for 
> gcc.jam, I'll be happy to integrate it and adjust the other toolsets.
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> BTW, I think you can use the 'feature.get-values' rule instead of 'get-option' 
> that you've written. 
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> Thanks,
> Volodya
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