Prototype buildsystem "Drake"

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-07-16 00:07, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Jacob Carlborg"<doob at me.com>  wrote in message
> news:ivp0oa$3lq$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 2011-07-14 21:15, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>
>> Ah, now I see. I'm hoping the user never needs to write import statements
>> in the build script. It's just these little things that I don't like about
>> using D for the build scripts. Imports and no top level code.
>>
>
> I agree that the default imports should be sufficient for most typical uses.
> But it should be possible to create and share a Drake add-on in the form of
> a simple module to be imported. An import would be needed for that. Plus,
> even without Drake add-ons, it's reasonable to think that some people may
> have reason to import something from Phobos, or something from their own
> project, that wouldn't normally be used in most other buildscripts.

Absolutely, imports will be needed.

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/Jacob Carlborg