[Boost-build] Putting quotes around compiler option

Subject: [Boost-build] Putting quotes around compiler option
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-06 18:14:06

Is there any way I can force Boost Build to pass a compiler option with 
quotes ( " ) around the option when I specify the compiler option in a 
jam file ?

As an example:

using some_toolset : some_version : some_command
  :
  <cxxflags>-fmacro-backtrace-limit=0
  ;

When passed to some_command I want -fmacro-backtrace-limit=0 passed as 
"-fmacro-backtrace-limit=0".

Is this possible ?

Even if I specify:

using some_toolset : some_version : some_command
  :
  <cxxflags>"-fmacro-backtrace-limit=0"
  ;

using -d2 tells me that it is being passed as -fmacro-backtrace-limit=0 
and not "-fmacro-backtrace-limit=0".