generator.generator

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-11 18:55:41

I don't understand what's going on here, even with the comment:

# Each element should have the form
# type["(" name-pattern ")"]
# for example, obj(%_x). Name of generated target will be found
# by replacing % with the name of source, provided explicit name
# was not specified.

...
for local e in $(target-types-and-names)
{ 
local m = [ MATCH ([^\\(]*)(\\((.*)%(.*)\\))? : $(e) ] ;
self.target-types += $(m[1]) ;
self.name-pre-post.$(m[1]) = $(m[3]) $(m[4]) ;
}

What if there are multiple sources? Is the purpose of this to allow
make-style rules which do %.o <- %.c ? If so, why doesn't the comment
say "obj(%.o)"?

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