Re: [Boost-build] Problem building python helloworld with bjam

From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-10 15:10:58

Jurko Gospodnetić wrote:
>   Hi.
>>  I changed:
>> use-project boost
>>   C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_35_0;
>> To:
>> use-project boost     : "C:/Program Files/boost/boost_1_35_0";
>
>   In Boost Jam scripts whitespace characters (spaces, tabs, new-lines, 
> etc...) are very imporant. For instance... you must have at least one 
> whitespace character before the trailing semicolon (;).

Out of curiosity (since I have run into similar errors in the past, 
too): why does whitespace matter ?

Thanks,
       Stefan

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