[cmake-developers] [Discussion] Add python support for CMakeLists

[Shmuel H,]

> My point is that an IDE should be able to edit the declarative spec
> without having run a configuration or even create a build tree.  The
> spec should be the preferred form for making changes and stored in
> version control.  Any intermediate spec generated by a procedural
> Language script cannot serve this role.

I understand that. Maybe we should let the user decide whether to use the
advantages the declarative spec or to use a script to generate it. That
way, we would not lose the scripting future, which is a big future of
CMake. On the other side, we would not force users to use that and even we
would make it a lot easier for IDEs to manage these projects.
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