Re: [jamboost] help with generators

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-24 02:16:22

Hi Andre,

> I'm trying to get my projects to work with the new matlab and I'm
> failing. I'd appreciate some help here.
>
> The matlab compiler basically does:
>
> .m -> _main.c, _mcc_component_data.c, .ctf
>
> The idea is to send the .c files into the appropriate compiler and
> install the .ctf file using a stage rule.
>
> I've tried a few different things and decided that I'd have to write my
> own genenator. Is that the way to go? If so, can someone give a hint on
> how to write the run rule? I'm a bit confused.

First of all, some questions.

1. Are the name of the output files hardcoded? If I use "a.m" do I get 
"_main.c" or "a_main.c"?

2. How do you plan the "m" files to be used? Could you give a specific example 
of Jamfile code that you want to work?

I've tried this (m.jam):

import type ;
type.register M : m ;
type.register CTF : ctf ;

import generators ;

generators.register-standard m.mex : M : C(%_main) C(%_component_data) CTF ;

actions mex
{
touch $(<) ;
}

together with:

exe a : a.m ;
stage x : a ;

and it almost works, except that the CTF file is not staged. Is that's the 
problem you want to fix?

- Volodya