Re: [Boost-build] feature detection

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] feature detection
From: Dominique Devienne (ddevienne_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-10-25 05:16:49

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> [...] I've put together an example, here:
>
>     https://github.com/boostorg/build/tree/develop/example/try_compile
>
> It sets a macro based on compilability of a C++ source file, which seems
> like what you're after. [...]
>

I've seen the term 'feature' being used several times in the BB threads.
But is it an abstract concept with no concrete representation in the Jam/BB
language?
Or is feature somehow a keyword too?

For a BB novice like me, it's unclear reading your example.
If 'feature' is just a name in that example, a different less-generic name
might clear up that confusion IMHO. My $0.02. --DD