Re: [Boost-build] [bbv2] RFC: Repeated usage requirements.

From: Zbynek Winkler (zw-bjam_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-03 09:26:00

Jürgen Hunold wrote:

>It is nearly impossible to decipher something like
>alias dummy
>   :
>   :
>   :
>   :
>  <define>SOMETHING
>   ;
>
>I'd just like to have something more readable then all those colons.
>  
>
I couldn't agree more.

>My favorite is something like
>lib foo 
>   : source a.cpp b.cpp c.cpp
>   : build <define>BUILD_DEFINE
>   : common <include>my_path
>   : used <define>MY_DEFINE
>   ;
>  
>
I am not sure about requiring the "source" but in general I like the idea.

+1 from me

I also like "build" before "self" but that probably depends on POV. My 
implicit default is "self" and I ask myself "what to do with it" so 
having "build" and "use" feels natural. However, I can understand 
David's POV with the implicit default being "build" and asking "what am 
I going to build today?" responding with "self", "all" etc. The former 
just feels more natural.

Zbynek

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