On May 14, 2007, at 12:41 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > OK, let me repeat this request than: real use cases! Point me to code > that uses or could be dramatically simplified by adding all this. > Until, then, before/after and everything beyond it is solidly in > YAGNI-land.
Excerpted from a recent post to scons-dev by Maciej Pasternacki : > COMMON ISSUES > > Automake uses -local and -hook rules to allow software author to > customize generated Makefile's behaviour without overriding it. Some > way of hinting what should be done before/after/around node is built > should be provided to make it possible also in SCons. API for this > might be slightly based on how Common Lisp Object System's method > combinations work > (http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/07_ffb.htm). > > General solution would allow -local/-hook-type customization for all > nodes, not just a few selected ones like Automake does. I'm not sure if the poster had seen this PEP already or not, but I pointed him towards it. (Note: this is regarding a proposal, not existing code). James _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
