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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] generating headers out of Jamfile
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-30 08:08:26


Oliver Kowalke wrote:

> 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.

Should not you then be able to use architecture and target os, for the same purpose?

- Volodya

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