Re: [Boost-build] Overriding the type of a source file?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Overriding the type of a source file?
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-12 15:29:45

On 03/12/2015 07:58 AM, Rene Rivera wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:46 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden] <mailto:grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
>     On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 9:39 PM, Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden] <mailto:watanabesj_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
>         AMDG
>
>         On 03/11/2015 08:23 PM, Rene Rivera wrote:
>         > Before I go and hack BB  to support this I'm wondering if someone knows if
>         > it's already possible.. I'm doing some BB files for an external library
>         > (Cinder) and it has one unfortunate aspect that I need to deal with. It has
>         > *.cpp files that are actually Objective C++ files on OSX, and plain C++ on
>         > other platforms. So the basic question is:
>         >
>         > Is there an existing way to indicate the source type irrespective of the
>         > file extension?
>         >
>
>         Does cast.jam do what you want?
>
>
>     It certainly does look like it does what I want.. Will test it shortly. Thanks for pointing me to it.
>
>
> Well.. It barely does what it says. It does change the type but it also seems to ignore any requirements.

Why would you want requirements on a source file, as opposed to on containing metatarget. E.g.:

        exe a : [ cast objective-c : a.cpp ] : your-requirements-or-conditionals ;

?

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