On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Nico Weber <tha...@chromium.org> wrote: > http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Wadlers_Law
I've started working on an experimental gyp build for GTK+, so I have first-hand experience as a gyp newbie editing .gyp and .gypi files. While the aesthetics of the files haven't bothered me much, I find that it's very easy to introduce syntax errors. I often forget a comma or use the wrong closing parenthesis. Since the files are deeply nested, it's easy to lose track. Most frustratingly the error message from the tool aren't very useful for finding the problem. I usually resort to matching parenthesis with vim's "%" command and squinting. Other than this, I love it so far. The build file generation is very quick (admittedly I have only a small part of WebKit building) and it seems to handle source generating dependencies really well. This is one of the most painful issues we have with autotools. I also look forward to building with ninja. :) --Martin _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org https://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
