Anatoly,
On Nov 22, 2012, at 7:55 AM, anatoly techtonik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am reading http://scons.org/wiki/SconsProcessOverview containing
> description of how SCons processes SConstruct. I cite it here:
>
> Read SConstruct as a Python script:
> # Default Environment object is created.
> # Tools do their checks and modify the Environment object.
> # Regular Python code is executed as usual.
> # SConscript() calls cause referenced SConscript files to be
> # read/executed immediately.
> # Methods of Environment object are used to update the dependency
> # tree and manipulate SCons state.
>
> Can anybody confirm that it works exactly as described?
> The question I ask is because SCons tries detecting Visual Studio on Windows
> even if I don't use C++ compiler and SConstruct is empty.
Yes, that's part of the default environment object being created..
>
> Should the Tools do their checks after they are actually used in dependency
> tree?
By "should" do you mean "the current could will do this", or do you mean "it
would be better to change scons to do it this way"?
Hope that helps!
-Bill
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