Re: [Boost-build] [Boost-testing] Digital Mars v2 toolset

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-27 02:00:30

On Sunday 26 February 2006 21:13, Rene Rivera wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
> >         root = [ sequence.join [ regex.split $(root) "/" ] : "\\" ] ;
> >         flags dmc .root $(condition) : $(root)\bin\ ;
>
> Looks like we need something to better handle the "/" vs "\" in bjam.
> How about changing the $(v:T) to allow specifying the separator? The
> above would then be:
>
>      flags dmc .root $(condition) : $(root:T=\)\bin\ ;

Yes, I was looking at :T modifier too. But that's a local change, so I'm not 
sure if tweaking :T is a good idea.

>
> >     "$(.root)"dmc  -c $(OPTIONS) -D$(DEFINES) -I"$(INCLUDES)" -o"$(<)"
> > "$(>)"
>
> Is there a point to doing "$(.root)"dmc instead of "$(.root)dmc" ?

No, in fact no. I only did it this way because 'dmc' need not be quoted, 
strictly speaking. I've changed this to quote the entire command just now, 
for clarity.

- Volodya