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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2021-06-08 12:47:40 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2021-06-08 15:43:08 +0200
commit5900f155a4a0da88cfd56bedccef0c74cc19c9f7 (patch)
tree80312123e3a61a1315d549f2e692391631183eed /libbuild2/parser.cxx
parent0baeb5209d3a111a53070c032d7cdb1e609e3516 (diff)
Get rid of special *{} wildcard target type notation in target type/patterns
Explicit target{} should be used instead. Also, in this context, absent target type is now treated as file{} rather than target{}, for consistency with all other cases.
Diffstat (limited to 'libbuild2/parser.cxx')
-rw-r--r--libbuild2/parser.cxx23
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/parser.cxx b/libbuild2/parser.cxx
index a7e84f7..6f59b30 100644
--- a/libbuild2/parser.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/parser.cxx
@@ -733,18 +733,11 @@ namespace build2
sg = enter_scope (*this, move (n.dir));
}
- // Resolve target type. If none is specified or if it is '*',
- // use the root of the target type hierarchy. So these are all
- // equivalent:
+ // Resolve target type. If none is specified, then it's file{}.
//
- // *: foo = bar
- // {*}: foo = bar
- // *{*}: foo = bar
- //
- const target_type* ttype (
- n.untyped () || n.type == "*"
- ? &target::static_type
- : scope_->find_target_type (n.type));
+ const target_type* ttype (n.untyped ()
+ ? &file::static_type
+ : scope_->find_target_type (n.type));
if (ttype == nullptr)
fail (nloc) << "unknown target type " << n.type;
@@ -1074,12 +1067,8 @@ namespace build2
{
// Resolve target type (same as in for_one_pat()).
//
- // @@ TODO: maybe untyped should mean file{} as everywhere else?
- // Also, why do we bother with *{}, is it that hard to write
- // target{*}? Note: here, in vars, and in regex_pattern.
- //
- ttype = n.untyped () || n.type == "*"
- ? &target::static_type
+ ttype = n.untyped ()
+ ? &file::static_type
: scope_->find_target_type (n.type);
if (ttype == nullptr)