[C++-sig] Linking issues with Boost.Python

[Gustavo Carneiro]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 18:02, Niall Douglas <s_sourceforge at nedprod.com>wrote:
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>
> As Nat said, bjam is the core of Boost Build but Boost adds a lot to
> it. I've always found it lacking in configurability personally, and
> like Nat I'm also not fond of its syntax either - much like CMake
> too. I will say though that bjam scales very well and has no issue
> with truly huge projects.
>
> But as you might guess from my examples above, I program my build
> environment much as I program applications. Anything which saves time
> in the long run really, and for me almost all build systems which are
> 100% OS portable don't cut it here. If it weren't for the O(N^2)
> scaling problem, I'd actually say it's the perfect build system
> unless you hate python. And certainly given we're in the C++ SIG for
> python it's hard not to naturally recommend it!
>

See also: WAF http://code.google.com/p/waf/

It is also in Python, but is a lot faster than scons.  It has some usability
problems (but scons does have them too), but it's a pretty useful tool to
know...

-- 
Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
INESC Porto, UTM, WiN, http://win.inescporto.pt/gjc
"The universe is always one step beyond logic." -- Frank Herbert
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