Abbreviates each part of string that is delimited by a '-'.

Transform a string by bracketing it with "<>". If already bracketed, does nothing. features: one string or a sequence of strings retu

helper function for builtin_varnames(), below. Used with hashenumerate, will * prepend the key of each element to the list */

Use quite klugy approach: when we add order dependency from 'a' to 'b', just * append 'b' to of value of variable 'a'. */

For all virtual targets for the same dependency graph as self, i.e. which belong to the same main target, add their directories

GC_n is permitted to be 0. The C++ standard says nothing about what the return value is when GC_n == 0.

Performs python-side bootstrapping of Boost.Build/Python. This function arranges for 'b2.whatever' package names to work, while also allowing

Takes PATH as the folder path, walks the file system below that path, and creates a tree structure based on any files and folders found the

Takes a list of target names and immediately updates them. * * Parameters: * 1. Target list. * 2. Optional file descriptor (converted to a strin

This violates the namespace rules but there isn't anything that can be done about it. The exception handling stuff is hard coded to call this */