[cmake-developers] Splitting CMakeLib

[Egor Pugin]

I see, thanks!

I'll ping when something is ready, but do not expect much in the near
future (2-4 months).

On 11 May 2017 at 16:21, Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:
> On 05/10/2017 10:56 AM, Egor Pugin wrote:
>> I'd like to re-use some CMake internal components, but CMakeLib looks too fat.
>> Is it possible to split it into several libraries? Are such changes
>> welcome to contribute?
>
> Refactoring/organizing/cleanup changes like that would certainly be welcome.
>
>> Some rough plan:
>> 1) Support library (if any stuff)
>> 2) Core library (targets etc.)
>> 3) Generators library
>> 4) CMake syntax library (lexer, parser)
>> 5) Commands implementation library (could be merged with 4)
>>
>> True cmake power is in its generators. It's always possible to rip off
>> all other stuff, but in order to be tied with mainstream and
>> contribute back, I'm asking this.
>
> Stephen Kelly had started work toward separating the code model from the
> language.  The code model should become an independent representation that
> can be input to the generators but be produced independent of the language.
> See cmState for example.  He isn't working on it anymore but left a thread
> some time ago on this list enumerating some future work that could be
> picked up by others (I don't recall which thread though).
>
> -Brad
>



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Egor Pugin