Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> #16: the line is parsed and a vector containing the arguments is created,
> which is handed the cmSetCommand. This turns the vector into a string.
> #17: the line is parsed, ${srcs} is expanded to the string in srcs and parsed
> again into a vector.
> #08: it evaluates to true, so we continue there.
> #09: from the vector ARGN a string is constructed, which is the parsed and
> again turned into a vector which is handed to add_library
> #11: although we don't really go there, is ARGN still expanded and parsed
> into a vector ?
> #13: ARGN is again converted from a vector into a string and then parsed back
> into a vector
> #02: ARGN is again converted from a vector to a string which is turned into
> vector which is then iterated.
>
> Do I understand correctly ?
> I found that for us quite a lot of time seems to be spent in parsing. I'm
> thinking about using lists more to speed this up.
Yes, this is correct. This is a fundamental problem with any purely
string-based scripting language. Eventually we may end up giving types
to variables to deal with this but it isn't a priority right now.
-Brad
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