Re: [jamboost] Anonymous projects vs anonymous stage rules

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-08 01:03:00

On Friday 08 July 2005 01:31, Andrey Melnikov wrote:
> Now I can have anonymous project rules:
>
> project
>
> : requirements
>
> <include>D:/Home/libsrc/boost-CVS-HEAD-05-05-21-1305
> <library-path>d:/home/lib
> <link>static
>
> : build-dir
>
> "../../intermediate"
> ;
>
> But name for the stage rule is mandatory:
......
> I cannot have just
>
> stage :
> projA
> projB
>
> : : <location>../output
>
> ;
>
> Are there any good reasons for such behaviour, or anonymous stages just
> haven't been implemented yet?

Simply, for projects name is often not needed. You can refer to a project 
using directory name. For targets, name is the only way to refer to them, so 
the idea that target can be anonymous did not occur to me.

- Volodya

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