Re: [Boost-build] Problem building python helloworld with bjam

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-11 13:34:19

Jurko Gospodnetić wrote:
>   Hi Stefan.
>
>> Out of curiosity (since I have run into similar errors in the past, 
>> too): why does whitespace matter ?
>
>   I guess the Jamfile parser as found in the original Perforce JAM 
> language implementation had this issue and no one went and worked 
> around it. :-)
>
>   And yes... it can get quite irritating... :-) On the other hand, 
> once you get used to it (and that moment comes along rather quickly) 
> you stop noticing the issue all together and after that moment I can 
> realize why it no longer represents 'and itch to scratch' for anyone. :-)
non sequitur

replace "for anyone" by "for those having become insiders". These are 
still in the minority, though, AFAICT.

Regards,
       Stefan

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