Re: [Boost-build] [v2] Ticket #83

From: Deane Yang (deane_yang_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-17 15:50:13

Ryan Gallagher wrote:
> Vladimir Prus <ghost <at> cs.msu.su> writes:
>> First of all, why do you have identically named files in subdirectories? For 
>> now, I don't understand why this is a such a recurring problem for users -- 
>> we had several reports already.
> 
> Hi Volodya,
> 
> Your question had been asked on a separate thread, and I get the
> feeling that it's a hint that this is bad practice, but I have yet to hear
> a decent argument for that.  Let me explain my personal reasons, which I
> believe match with some other users.
> 
> C++ allows you to separate your code by namespaces.  Like Boost code, 
> our directory layout often matches that of the namespace.  Further 
> our filenames often match that of our class names. 

<long explanation omitted>

For the record, I agree with Ryan and would like to see bjam support 
this. I often implement the same concept in two different settings using 
the same class name in two different namespaces. It's awkward when I 
cannot compile both simultaneously in a Jamfile.