RE: Remark 2: Desired feature: Conscript-uptodate targets

[Eric Brown]

I've also been looking at how to do 'post-build' things in Cons (e.g.,
building setup programs, sending email based on the status of the build)
that have to be done after the programs are built.  

I would also like to figure out a better way to do this within Cons.

Eric

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zachary Deretsky [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:48 PM
> To: 'Gary Oberbrunner'
> Cc: 'Steven Knight'; address@hidden
> Subject: Remark 2: Desired feature: Conscript-uptodate targets
> 
> 
> > For each regular Program target (or maybe Install target, 
> depending on
> > where you want to run the tests from), use AfterBuild to 
> AddTarget the
> > test's log file.  Then either statically (in the Conscript) or
> > dynamically (in the AfterBuild code) add a RunRegressionTest method
> > for each test to be run, producing the log file you just 
> AddTarget'ed.
> > 
> > AddTarget'ed targets don't get looked at until all the regular
> > (statically defined) targets are built, so your regression 
> tests will
> > all be run after the commands are built.  Of course this is really a
> > semi-bogus dependency, since you could in theory run 
> regression test 1
> > as soon as program 1 is built.
> > 
> 
> The projects that I currently have do not consist of one 
> Program target,
> they contain libraries, executables, message files, gif files, etc.
> So, I really need everything in the project to be built and installed,
> before I test it.
> 
> I can achieve the result I am looking for by adding a special target,
> depending on all other local targets, myself into every 
> Conscript file.
> 
> This will add complexity and raise maintenence costs, so, I would
> prefer cons providing this feature.
> 
> It is a philosophical issue: cons makes everything 'flat' by removing
> the sibling walls for the efficiency of compilation.
> 
> But humans do not think about a large project as 'flat', they
> partition it into more-or-less self-contained sub-projects.
> 
> Skyscrapers are not built from bricks...
> 
> The tool, which adapts to the human way of thinking,is easier to use,
> methinks, and "Conscript-uptodate" targets would provide convenience
> without loss of efficiency.
> 
> I wonder if anybody else thinks the same?
> 
> Zach.
> 
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