Re: [Boost-build] [Build] Review of documentation

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [Build] Review of documentation
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-19 09:48:50

AMDG

Lee Winter wrote:
> As a potential new user I spent some time reviewing all of the
> documentation that I could find for bjam and Boost Build.  Frustrated
> by that effort, I annotated the user doc with potential corrections
> and improvements.  It was my intention to do so while my eyes were
> still "virgin" and not biased by experience with using the tools.
> After I have some experience in using the tools I plan a second review
> aimed more at content than at clarity of presentation.  Is this an
> appropriate forum to submit those annotations?
>   

Yes.

> As I being using the tools there is one question that I cannot resolve
> by inspection of the documentation.  That question is how to get one
> jam file to suck in another as #include allows c files to suck in h
> files.  I'm morally certain that such a capability exists, but I have
> not found any existential proof to support my opinion.  Is there such
> a capability and, if so, how is it exercised?
>   

include path/to/file ;

However, it's usually better to use import.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe