Please integrate build framework into the compiler

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

grauzone wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> grauzone wrote:
>>> My rdmd doesn't know --chatty. Probably the zip file for dmd 1.041 
>>> contains an outdated, buggy version. Where can I find the up-to-date 
>>> source code?
>>
>> Hold off on that for now.
>>
>>> Another question, rdmd just calls dmd, right? How does it scan for 
>>> dependencies, or is this step actually done by dmd itself?
>>
>> rdmd invokes dmd -v to get deps. It's a interesting idea to add a 
>> compilation mode to rdmd that asks dmd to generate headers and diff 
>> them against the old headers. That way we can implement incremental 
>> rebuilds without changing the compiler.
> 
> Is this just an "interesting idea", or are you actually considering 
> implementing it?

I would if there was a compelling case made in favor of it.

Andrei