Re: [Boost-build] Need help getting header only libraries to work.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-01-31 11:44:57

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Friday 27 January 2006 19:26, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> >> Some other possibilities:
>> >>
>> >>      lib a : : prebuilt ;
>> >>      lib a : : system ;
>> >>      lib a : : search ;       # I like this one
>> >>      lib b : : header-only ;  # And this one
>> >
>> > This overloads the third argument of "lib" -- elsewhere, it means
>> > requiements.
>>
>> Yes, why couldn't that be a requirement, i.e. a property of the
>> target?
>
> Forgot to answer this one. It's probably possible, but still a bit of a 
> stretch. If "prebuilt" a value of some implicit feature? 

Sure.  

    feature library-type : prebuilt header-only ;

> Or not, we're changing the syntax rules for the sake of one
> use-case.

Let's not do that.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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