Re: [Boost-build] Sunpro tests and toolset question

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-07-13 10:22:02

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Sorry, can you clarify? Are paths for "" and <> includes complately separate, 
> wtih <include> specifying "" paths and <sysinclude> specifying <> paths? Or 
> what?

That's up to the compiler's capabilities, of course.  There's no
standard for it.  IIRC, Metrowerks gives you 100% precise control over
which paths are searched for each kind of #include.  GCC does not (you
can read about its options yourself).

>From a BBv1 user's perspective, <sysinclude> is for paths in which you
want to be sure an #include<...> will be found, and <include> is for
paths in which you want to be sure an #include"..." will be found.

>> Some compilers make a distinction between "" and <>.  CodeWarrior
>> is one of them.  If Sun does the same I believe this explains all
>> of the Boost.Python failures with SunPro.
>
> In V1's sunpro-tool.jam, both <include> and <sysinclude> are mapped to -I.

Yes, but we never had Boost.Python (or much of Boost at all) working
with Sun before.  They've improved the compiler a lot and the error
messages correspond to that kind of problem.

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Dave Abrahams
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