On 02/18/2011 09:34 PM, Peter Kümmel wrote: > On 18.02.2011 20:48, David Cole wrote: >>>> >>>> There are many pros for this idea, but a very important con: People >>>> will >>>> use it as a general purpose programming language (see what often >>>> happens >>>> to SCons projects). Even CMake has this problem to a lesser extent >>>> (IMHO >>>> mainly because it's a PITA to program ;-)). But I think some people at >>>> Kitware are/were experimenting with Python bindings... >>>> >>> >>> Really?!? I'm actually *generating* CMakeLists.txt files with python >>> in an effort to work around the entire cmake language and integrate >>> better with things that need to know about the build, but aren't the >>> build system proper. >> >> No, not really. (At least not to the best of my knowledge...) >> >> There was an experiment a few years ago using Lua, but it was shelved >> and has not been revisited. >> > > Experiment with Lua is here: > http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/CMakeLua > > and an experiment with Qt's JavaScript with the advantage of having a > debugger with a GUI: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/cmakescript/ > > Peter
Ah, yes. It was Lua. Sorry for the mistake. Michael _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake