Re: [Boost-build] "metatargets"

From: Larry Evans (cppljevans_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-09-04 15:56:40

On 09/04/07 12:41, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> This is something I've tried to do before, but found it again in
> my todo list. Now, we call 'exe', 'lib' and other things
> you define in Jamfiles a 'main target'. Inside code, we have 'virtual targets',
> that are more like files. This 'main target' term seems confusing. How about
> calling it 'metatarget'? In user documentation, we'll define it as 'metatarget',
[snip]
According to:

http://www.boost.org/doc/html/bbv2/reference.html

exe and lib are builtin rules.  Do you mean the 1st arg to these
rule invocations in Jamfiles are 'main targets'?  Using the
proposed rename, what is the relationship between a 'metatarget'
and the corresponding 'virtual target'?  I'm guessing it's
some grist function of the metatarget and toolset and properties and the
rule name.

TIA.