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From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-30 11:38:12


levent wrote:
> Yet, there are a couple of details I wish I knew (or knew how to know
> :)). Such as for example, what is the various modifiers after "actions".
> For instance, what is the difference between the following two:
>
>
> actions whatever.link { $(LINKER) $(OPTIONS) $(NEEDLIBS) ... }
>
> AND
>
> actions whatever.link bind NEEDLIBS { $(LINKER) $(OPTIONS) $(NEEDLIBS) ... }
>
>
> what does "bind" do?
>
> Also, what does "updated together piecemeal" mean? Is there a fine
> manual where I can dig these up?

Those would be in the bjam manual under "Rules", and "Action Modifiers",
sections <http://boost.org/doc/html/jam/language.html#jam.language.rules>

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