Re: [Boost-build] assembler output

From: Felipe Magno de Almeida (felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-08-29 15:18:19

On 8/29/06, Reece Dunn <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> [snipped]

> > If so, I don't see any problems, just add necessary generators to, say,
> > msvc.jam, and modify CPP -> OBJ generator to produce nothing if
> > <assembly>generate is specified.
>
> So, something like:
>
>    pp bar1 : bar.cpp : <preprocessor>default ;
>    pp bar2 : bar.cpp : <preprocessor>wave ;
>    exe foo : bar ;
>
> ? Sounds reasonable to me.

Sounds great to me.
There are lots of things that could be done this way. Like ODR
violations could be caught by an intermediate/preprocessing tool and
preprocessing optimizations could be generated too (preprocessed files
could possibly be reused).

> [snipped]
>
> - Reece

best regards,
-- 
Felipe Magno de Almeida