Re: enhancement request for gmake

> From: David Highley <[email protected]>
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 11:34:14 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Ah, if it were only that simple. You can look at an example of what
> needs to be considered when dealing with Microsoft compilers across
> different versions by looking at the file:
> http://www.highley-recommended.com/make_process/bld/mkcommondefs.mk
> 
> Every update brings a complete set of new directories and may include
> some interesting internal implementation that must be figured out like
> the appending of the XML text to binary files to implement the version
> specific library dependencies that came along with the side by side
> implementation. You may have multiple versions of Visual Studio installed
> on a system and need to configure for each at run time.
> 
> We are in the process of extending our build processes to accommodate the
> 32 bit and 64 bit architecture build differences and the latest Visual
> Studio.

This is all true and known, but how does it affect the issue at hand?
How would the suggested function help to deal with that complexity?