> My usual question about does is N smaller files somehow better than 1 file > applies. I guess put another way, why is the length of this file bad? If it > logically all belongs it one place I don't feel like there is any reason to > split it up. Especially since it will probably confuse people in the future > and I've never seen site_scons used before so probably other people won't be > expecting it either.
I agree that the file is pretty darned long, but I also agree that I'm not sure that simply splitting it up will make it any better. What I'd like to do in the long run is separate out the stuff that generates code from the stuff that does the various building things. I think that'd go a long way to cleaning things up. It would also potentially be cleaner if we were to create some Builders and put those in separate files. No matter what we decide, please don't even start along these lines until you talk to me first about the exact plan. I have a lot of outstanding changes in the build system, some of which may never see the light of day, and movement of large amounts of code would cause pain. Nate _______________________________________________ m5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev
