Re: duplicate project name

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-12-27 19:29:43

David Abrahams wrote:
> alex76vs wrote:
>> 
>> Should the build system warn if the same project name is used by more
>> than one Jamfile? 
>> The location-independent target naming scheme (/project//target) picks
>> the project with the given name that appeared in "build-project" last.
>> Sometimes this gives "Unable to find file or target" error, but simply
>> because the overriding project definition contains different targets.
>> No other error or warning is provided. Is there a vaild use for
>> duplicate project names?
> 
> Actually yet, but not with the way target paths are currently defined.

Sorry, I meant: "Actually yes..."

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