[webkit-dev] Common build system (was Re: WebKit Wishes)

[Nico Weber]

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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org> wrote:
> I'm curious if YAML was ever considered?  I have very limited
> experience with YAML, except for Google App Engine config files.
>
> It's very python parse-able? :)
>
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Mark Mentovai <mark at chromium.org> wrote:
>> You’re not supposed to use arbitrary Python, it’s highly discouraged. We
>> have a linter that keeps you from doing things you’re not supposed to do
>> (like this), but it slows things down, so it’s not part of the “standard”
>> GYP run that developers normally use. It can run as a pre-commit script or
>> test on the bot or something else. Used as we’re using it, GYP basically is
>> simple JSON, except the rules about commas are looser and # introduces
>> comments.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Mark Mentovai <mark at chromium.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> The parser (and the grammar) works the way it does because it’s just
>>>> Python
>>>
>>>
>>> This works great for people who like Python syntax but not for someone
>>> like myself who dislikes Python syntax.
>>>
>>> I also find it particularly annoying that people can use whatever Python
>>> constructs they want to use in GYP. It dramatically reduces language
>>> portability because you need to support quite a few Python constructs and
>>> quirks in order to correctly parse GYP.
>>>
>>> I personally would have much preferred for it be a simple JSON file.
>>>
>>> - R. Niwa
>>>
>>
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