SCons support for D

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-12-07 15:15, Gour wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:38:04 +0100
> Jacob Carlborg<doob at me.com>  wrote:
>
>> What I see as the advantage of a new build system is that it can be
>> developed specifically for D which could make the tool very easy to
>> use. Example:
>>
>> $ tool build main.d
>>
>> That's all that should be needed to build an executable. You could
>> have the same in a build script:
>>
>> // buildfile
>> main.d
>>
>> $ tool build
>>
>> For a library it should be similar:
>>
>> $ tool build foo
>>
>> Where "foo" is a directory. I don't know if that's possible to have
>> in a build tool not specifically developed for D.
>
> Hmm...isn0t it too simplistic?
>
> For our project, we have need to e.g. buil lib from the included sources
> of 3rd party C library, then use SWIG to provide D bindings for it, then
> build D libs using those bindings and only then buil D executable.
>
> That's why we're targetting CMake/CPack and want to help Jens to push D
> support upstream(the only problem is we're a bit short on time atm.)
>
>
> Sincerely,
> Gour

Of course it should be possible to build more complex projects and have 
more options in the build script. But for simple projects nothing more 
should be needed. The above would be the minimum to actually build 
something.

For an executable that doesn't have any dependencies (except for the 
standard library) noting more should be needed.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg