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tools/build/v2/test/core_typecheck.py

#!/usr/bin/python

# This tests the typechecking facilities.

import BoostBuild

t = BoostBuild.Tester(pass_toolset=0)

t.write("file.jam", """
module .typecheck 
{
    rule [path] ( x )
    {
        if ! [ MATCH "^(::)" : $(x) ] 
        {
            ECHO "Error: $(x) is not a path" ;
            return true ;
        }
    }
}

rule do ( [path] a )
{
}

do $(ARGUMENT) ;

actions dummy { } 
dummy all ;
""")

t.run_build_system("-ffile.jam -sARGUMENT=::a/b/c")
t.run_build_system("-ffile.jam -sARGUMENT=a/b/c", status=1,
                   stdout="""Error: a/b/c is not a path
file.jam:18: in module scope
*** argument error
* rule do ( [path] a )
* called with: ( a/b/c )
* true a
file.jam:16:see definition of rule 'do' being called
""")

t.cleanup()