Re: [Boost-build] single/double quotes

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] single/double quotes
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-01-29 11:03:39

AMDG

Spencer E. Olson wrote:
> Can anyone point me to some place that explains what the difference between 
> double and single quotes is?  I tried to search through the documentation on 
> this, but found nothing helpful.  
>
> For example, with the following if statement:
>
> if "2.4.1" <= '3.4.1' {
>     echo "success" ;
> } else {
>     echo "failure" ;
> }
>
> always spits out 'success', regardless of what I put inside the single quotes, 
> while
>
> if "2.4.1" <= "3.4.1" {
>     echo "success" ;
> } else {
>     echo "failure" ;
> }
>
> actually does what is expected.
>   

The single quote is not a special character in bjam.
i.e. '3.4.1' = "'3.4.1'"

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe