Re: [Boost-build] [jam] named arguments for rule

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [jam] named arguments for rule
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-10-25 10:02:08

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016, Raffi Enficiaud <raffi.enficiaud_at_mines-paris.
org> wrote:

> In the rules I have, I end up writing a lot of colons
>
> [ boost.test-self-test run : test-organization-ts :
> test_unit-order-shuffled-test : : : : : : $(requirements_boost_test_full_support)
> ]
>
> just for accessing the index of the argument.
>
> Is there something like named argument instead of positional?
>

Not at the moment. Although it's something that I've recently thought about
for future dev [1]. Some aspects of b2 simulate named args. For example, in
project declarations the args start with a name as the first item on each
arg. Which, if this is something that you want now you could do the same in
any rules you make.

[1] <https://trello.com/c/6AsAS7Dd>

Rene.