Re: [BBv2] Patch, review needed - support of Microsoft .idl files for MSVC

From: Alexey Pakhunov (alexeypa_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-19 13:13:56

Reece Dunn wrote:
> [3] This is more a BBv2/bjam issue: when scanning for dependencies, it 
> only scans one level deep, so doesn't pick up things like:
> 
> mycomobj.cpp
> #include "stdafx.h"
> 
> stdafx.h
> #include "myidl.h"
> 
> so myidl will be built after mycomobj!

In this case the dependency graph looks like this:

----
<p../core-object(c-scanner)@134>mycomobj.cpp
<p../core>mycomobj.cpp
<object(c-scanner)@134#..\core>stdafx.h
<object(c-scanner)@134#..\core>myidl.h
myidl.h
<p..\core\bin\msvc-8.0\debug>myidl.h
<p../core-object(midl-scanner)@131>myidl.idl
<p../core>myidl.idl
----
There is no link between mycomobj.cpp and myidl.idl. One of the reasons 
is presence of 'c-scanner' and 'midl-scanner' in grists. Vladimir, do 
you know why we need to put scanner type in the grist?
Best regards/Venlig hilsen,
Alexey Pakhunov.