From 67eba081e162252c307a8aaaee2d3b4e6a7b4571 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vladimir Prus Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 16:25:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that builtin variables exist only in the global module [SVN r50114] --- historic/jam/doc/bjam.qbk | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/historic/jam/doc/bjam.qbk b/historic/jam/doc/bjam.qbk index 8c407ee48..b61b49caa 100644 --- a/historic/jam/doc/bjam.qbk +++ b/historic/jam/doc/bjam.qbk @@ -1343,7 +1343,10 @@ files during any of the three build phases. [section:builtins Built-in Variables] -This section discusses variables that have special meaning to =bjam=. +This section discusses variables that have special meaning to =bjam=. All of +these must be defined or used in the global module -- using those variables +inside a named module will not have the desired effect. +See [link jam.language.modules Modules]. [section:search SEARCH and LOCATE]