Re: Getting string representation of the object in bjam2

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-13 09:06:37

Misha Bergal <mbergal_at_[hidden]> writes:

> In Python, when I want to see the string representation of the object
> I use str/print etc. They in turn call object's __str__ method.
>
> I bjam2, is there a special mechanism for:
>
> * Getting string representation of the object 
>
> * Providing different string representation for different classes of
> objects

No; in bjam everything is a string. There's no special "string
representation" as in Python.

> P.S. Is there a reference for bjam2 language features, or I am better
> off just looking at the existing bjam2 code?

http://www.boost.org/tools/build/jam_src/index.html

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