I think that would be a huge mistake. Why would anyone want to invent a full blown language and a big pain in the butt just to build a project if the project can build itself by looking at the source code?
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Jacob Carlborg <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2012-11-27 17:04, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > > Even with --shebang there are odd limitations of the shebang line length >> etc. I think it would make sense to add options in the form of a >> stylized comment below the shebang line. That comment can be read and >> parsed by rdmd appropriately. For example: >> >> #!/usr/bin/rdmd >> /**rdmdoptions >> -L-lmylib >> */ >> ... >> >> What would be some useful options to add, aside from those already >> supported? >> > > I don't know why anyone would bother implementing this. What's needed is a > proper build tool. That includes build scripts that can be written in a > full blow language. > > -- > /Jacob Carlborg > -- Bye, Gor Gyolchanyan.
