build/errors.jam

#  (C) Copyright David Abrahams 2001. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
#  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears in
#  all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
#  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.

# A utility rule used to report the including module when there is an error, so
# that editors may find it.
rule report-module ( prefix ? : suffix ? : frames ? )
{
    frames ?= 1 ;
    # We report some large line number so that emacs, etc., will at least locate the file.
    ECHO $(prefix) [ modules.binding [ CALLER_MODULE $(frames) ]  ] ":" line 99999 $(suffix) ;
}

rule backtrace
{
    local digits = 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ;
    local bt = [ BACKTRACE ] ;
    bt = $(bt[5-]) ;
    while $(bt)
    {
        ECHO $(bt[1]):$(bt[2]): "in" $(bt[4]) ;
        
        for local n in $(digits)
        {
            if $($(n))-is-not-empty
            {
                ECHO $($(n)) ;
            }
        }
        digits = ;
                
        bt = $(bt[5-]) ;
    }
}

rule error
{
    backtrace error: $(1) : $(2) : $(3) : $(4) : $(5) : $(6) : $(7) : $(8) : $(9) ;
    EXIT ;
}

rule warning
{
    backtrace warning: $(1) : $(2) : $(3) : $(4) : $(5) : $(6) : $(7) : $(8) : $(9) ;
}