On 5/21/18 8:37 AM, Jonathan M. Wilbur wrote:
I want to put in a feature request, but I want to gauge whether it is
even feasible or not, but a little background first:
I am trying to create a Makefile to build the HTML documentation for a
Dlang project. I would like to be able to update a single HTML file if
the corresponding source changes, without having to recompile all of the
others. My rule looks like this:
$(DCOMPILER) -o- -op -d -Df$@ $<
But that does not work, because some of the compiled modules import
other modules, and the rule fails because DCOMPILER can't intelligently
pull in the other source files. I think requiring a complete compile of
all source to build the HTML documentation is a big impediment to making
D highly scalable.
Having said that, I don't see why it would be technically impossible to
make DMD build the HTML (almost) without regard to the validity of the
source code. Is this possible? And moreover: *should* it be done? Is it
a bad idea?
1. I don't think it requires compiling all other files.
2. You may want to use -c (not sure what the exact error is you are
receiving)
3. You may need to specify where the other includes are with -I (not
sure what the exact error is you are receiving).
I'm fairly certain D can do what you want it to do. But difficult to
tell without more context/example.
-Steve
