Re: [Boost-build] Garbage collected BJam

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-06 23:09:15

Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Sohail Somani wrote:
>>> [mailto:boost-build-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Rene Rivera
>>>
>>> Sohail Somani wrote:
>>>
>>>> I didn't know the usage gets that high. What are the main causes?
>>> Only one cause: Bjam interns all strings it uses for implementing the 
>>> Jam language interpreter. And since all operations generate 
>>> some sort of 
>>> string list the add up quickly. BBv2 makes even heavier use 
>>> of strings 
>>> than BBv1 so the problems are more noticeable now.
>> 
>> Wasn't there a project to write bjam on top of scons? I only wish scons
>> had as good a configuration layer as bjam.
>
> Yes there was. And there's code in CVS towards that end. 

Are you sure?  AFAIK all we have -- which is not insubstantial -- is a
bjam <==> python binding, and a project to rewrite substantial parts
of Boost.Build in python.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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