Cabal with Generating files (Was: Cabal Questions

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 06:05:36 +0900, Esa Ilari Vuokko wrote:

On 8/17/06, Duncan Coutts wrote:

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We don't yet have a generic preprocessor support system. It is indeed part of the plan. I know I'll need it for Gtk2Hs.

What about UserHooks.hookedPreProcessors? The code seemd like it could work, but I haven't tested it.

I think changing Setup.(l)hs definition with UserHook is very strong, but this approach is too complex to specify just generating file from other resources by only one tool. I think cabal must support to write using self preproccesser definition in *.cabal files like this. name: hdirect version: 0.1 (snip) othermodules: ComPrim, AutoPrim generatable: ComPrim g-sources: ComPrim.idl g-tool: ihc g-option: -fno-export-list -fappend-interface-short-name -fno-qualified-names -fno-imports -fno-export-lists -fkeep-hresult -fout-pointers-are-not-refs generatable: AutoPrim g-sources: AutoPrim.idl g-tool: ihc g-option: -fno-qualified-names -fno-imports -fno-export-lists -fkeep-hresult -fout-pointers-are-not-refs This is rough sketch. But I think this is useful for discussion about "Cabal with Generating files". -- shelarcy <shelarcy capella.freemail.ne.jp> http://page.freett.com/shelarcy/