I just created a dub package. Frankly, the whole thign is backward.

[H. S. Teoh]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 08:52:06AM +1200, rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> 
> On 27/04/2022 8:41 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
[...]
> > I'm really tempted to create a build tool that parses dub.sdl, et
> > al, in the source tree and maps them internally to its own
> > representation that replicates dub's actions, so existing dub
> > projects would Just Work(tm), while exposing a different interface
> > for more advanced use cases. Or perhaps extend dub.sdl for that
> > purpose.
> 
> Don't parse the files themselves.
> 
> Use $(dub describe) instead.
[...]

I know `dub describe` can do it, but the point is for said tool to run
on a dub project with zero additional effort from the user, and to do so
even if dub is absent.  So even non-dub users can use dub packages
directly.


T

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