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Toolset modules

If your extensions will be used only on one project, they can be placed in a separate .jam file which will be imported by your project-root.jam. If the extensions will be used on many projects, the users will thank you for a finishing touch.

The standard way to use a tool in Boost.Build is the using rule. To make it work, you module should provide an init rule. The rule will be called with the same parameters which were passed to the using rule. The set of allowed parameters is determined by you. For example, you can allow the user to specify paths, tool version, or tool options.

Here are some guidelines which help to make Boost.Build more consistent:


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