Re: [Boost-build] common.format-name <property: not working?

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-01 14:05:00

On Tuesday 25 March 2008 13:56:54 Roland Schwarz wrote:
> I am trying to use an obviously seldom used feature of the tagging
> machinery.
> 
> In my custome tag rule I tried to use something like
> 
>         return [ common.format-name
>             <base> <toolset> <property:toolset-gcc:flavor> <threading> 
> <runtime>
>             : $(name) : $(type) : $(property-set) ] ;
> 
> I concluded from the doc several lines above:
> 
> #   <property:/property-name/>[joiner]
> #       ::  Direct lookup of the given property-name value in the
> #           build properties.
> 
> 
> it should work so as to look up the value of the property in the current
> property set and append it to the tag.
> 
> Unfortunately this doe not work as expected. The lookup code does not
> try to look up in the properties, but in the format string.
> 
> I attach a patch that resolves this issue, and also allows pattern 
> matching, so that
> e.g.
> <property:toolset-.*:flavor> would match every toolsets flavor.

Rene,
you're the author of common.format-name. Does Roland's patch look good for you?

Thanks,
Volodya