Re: [Boost-build] generating headers out of Jamfile

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] generating headers out of Jamfile
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-30 08:00:11

Am 30.01.2011 13:49, schrieb Vladimir Prus:
> Oliver Kowalke wrote:
>
>> Am 29.01.2011 09:17, schrieb Vladimir Prus:
>>> Oliver Kowalke wrote:
>>>
>>>> Am 29.01.2011 08:59, schrieb Vladimir Prus:
>>>>> FWIW, I am working on a patch to have those features always set for gcc, and
>>>>> hopefully for other compilers for which they can be reliably inferred. It's the
>>>>> top thing on my Boost.Build queue.
>>>>
>>>> that are good news - what is your time-frame for this feature?
>>>
>>> I think I have the hardest bit done. Should complete in a week or so (on trunk).
>>
>> do you consider ABI (sysv, eabi, aapcs, etc.)
>
> Not really. Can you actually change abi that a given g++ binary uses?
>
>> and Binary-Format
>> (elf,mach-o, etc.) too?
>
> Again, I don't think you can change this, for given architecture/target-os. Am I wrong?
>
> - Volodya

you are not wrong but I won't change the abi or binary-format - I'd like 
to use both properties to select the correct assembler code in the Jamfile.

Oliver