Re: [jamboost] Re: [v2] bad dependency analysis

From: ANDREW MARLOW, BLOOMBERG/ LONDON OF (amarlow1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-28 10:10:11

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From: David Abrahams <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
>>> it's a shame we can't take the guts of
>>> the X11 utility, makedepend and put it into jam.

You said "one way to do this would be to introduce a new Jam macro [I
assume you meant variable] MACROS..."

We already have variables that describe the include paths and
command-line defines. Introducing a new one doesn't get us any
closer; we need a preprocessor.

AM> I didn't know we already had this.
What about putting some of make_depend into jam?
Do you think it is do-able/desirable?