Re: [Boost-build] [PATCH] -ftemplate-depth

From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-30 07:41:03

Ilya Sokolov wrote:

[...]

> Why not use <cxxflags> instead of <c++-template-depth> as the value is 
> toolset-dependent anyway?

Are you questioning the wisdom of the existence of the <c++-template-depth> 
feature itself?

A real big advantage is that its existence allows to write

  foo.cxx : : : <c++-template-depth>bar ;

instead of

  foo.cxx : : :  <toolset>gcc:<cxxflags>-ftemplate-depth-bar
                 <toolset>qcc:<cxxflags>-ftemplate-depth-bar
                 <toolset>cxx:<cxxflags>"-pending_instantiations bar"
                 <toolset>acc:<cxxflags>"whatever"
                 ... ;

Markus