Re: [Boost-build] [Boost-testing] Toolset Autoconfiguration and implicit features

From: Roland Schwarz (roland.schwarz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-27 17:22:07

David Abrahams wrote:
> That is certainly an issue, but it goes beyond toolset names, because
> 
>      yyy
> 
> is a shorthand on the command-line for
> 
>      xxx=yyy
> 
> for *any* implicit feature xxx.

And so is
bjam gcc
a shorthand for
bjam toolset=gcc
because gcc is an implicit feature, I guess.

But: toolset= is different, because it is handled separately then
the other xxx=yyy, not? (autoconfigure)

Roland