Re: [patch] Automake backend parser script and others

[JP Rosevear <jpr ximian com>]

On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 01:14, Gustavo Giráldez wrote:
> Hi JP,
> 
> Finally I've finished integrating the new parser script to the automake
> backend in gnome-build.  Currently it has more or less the same
> functionality as before, but with the new architecture.  I also reworked
> some parts of the C program to better fit the script and for future
> extensions.
> 
> Attached is the patch file (which also has some minor fixes to other
> files) and a tgz with the new files required.  Please note that
> gbf-am-parse should be removed, since it's now generated at configure
> time from gbf-am-parse.in (to allow some basic substitutions such as the
> path to perl).
> 
> The most important thing I think it's missing (and what I'll work on
> next) is, after project modifications, to reparse changed groups and
> make the backend read them again.  This is because you can't really know
> how will a modification affect other targets, and because I think it's
> safer to do it this way (no sync problems between the project model and
> the actual files).  Any ideas on how to do this are very welcome,
> specially how to inform the controls a group has changed.  I was
> thinking on using the event source, but I'm not sure at all.

Yes, use the event source, this was the intended plan.

> May I commit?

Yes, patch approved with one caveat - what flexibility are you gaining
using the C structs and then converting to corba structs in order to
respond to calls?

-JP
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