Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake

AMDG On 06/17/2017 10:45 AM, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Steven Watanabe via Boost wrote:

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Boost.Build implementation: https://github.com/boostorg/units/blob/develop/test_headers/Jamfile.v2

We have the sources to bjam why can't we just turn this into a one-line rule?

For example, this says that test.cpp should compile:

compile test.cpp

Can we just have

compile-header test.hpp

And have bjam add the bits to define a main() and include test.hpp for us?

It's certainly possible if there's enough demand. The main issue for generalization is the test target name. It needs to a) be human readable and writable, b) not be excessively long, and c) not cause collisions (headers with the same name in different directories are normal) In Christ, Steven Watanabe