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| author | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2022-04-06 11:26:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Boris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com> | 2022-04-06 13:51:56 +0200 |
| commit | 76be0a35f6c37cda7ba65530330f1ac246fb52a8 (patch) | |
| tree | f613ceafcf6c7208984d4536653061c4e0c23be7 /doc/manual.cli | |
| parent | 0a9dd0c7d31cbba2170fdfda4b747a1fe5ce665a (diff) | |
Add support for rule hints
A rule hint is a target attribute, for example:
[rule_hint=cxx] exe{hello}: c{hello}
Rule hints can be used to resolve ambiguity when multiple rules match the same
target as well as to override an unambiguous match.
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual.cli b/doc/manual.cli index 36e36bd..b72700d 100644 --- a/doc/manual.cli +++ b/doc/manual.cli @@ -5375,10 +5375,21 @@ configuration header into two, one public and installed while the other private.| + \h1#attributes|Attributes| \N{This chapter is a work in progress and is incomplete.} +The only currently recognized target attribute is \c{rule_hint} which +specifies the rule hint. Rule hints can be used to resolve ambiguity when +multiple rules match the same target as well as to override an unambiguous +match. For example, the following rule hint makes sure our executable is +linked with the C++ compiler even though it only has C sources: + +\ +[rule_hint=cxx] exe{hello}: c{hello} +\ + \h1#name-patterns|Name Patterns| |