Re: [Boost-build] Preprocessed output

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Preprocessed output
From: Vicente BOTET (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-30 17:40:56

> Message du 30/03/11 08:53
> De : "Vladimir Prus" 
> A : steven_at_[hidden], "Boost.Build developer's and user's list" 
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> Objet : Re: [Boost-build] Preprocessed output
> 
> On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 00:08:01 Steven Watanabe wrote:
> 
> > >> c) What should the extension be. I know msvc uses .i
> > >> by default for preprocessor output. Unless they're
> > >> already used by something else, we could make it
> > >> .i and .ipp.
> > > 
> > > I think that is fine.
> > 
> > On the other hand, .ipp is used in a few places in
> > Boost with a different meaning, so it's probably
> > not a good choice. Would it be confusing to use
> > .i for everything? Do you know of any other
> > common convention?
> 
> .i and .ii is what gcc seem to use.
> 
+1

I guess that for these kind of targets we don't need to add them to the Jamfile and we could request them directly from the command line as

bjam file.ii

Is this correct or do will need an explicit dependency

prepro file.ii : file.cpp

Best,
Vicente