[webkit-reviews] build script changes for review

[Darin Adler]

On Jun 12, 2005, at 2:28 AM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

>> -my $lib = "${productDir}/libWebKitSystemInterface.a";
>> +my $lib = "$productDir/libWebKitSystemInterface.a";
>
> It's generally considered better perl style to have braces around a  
> variable expansion in quotes, not sure why you took them out here  
> and elsewhere.

I took them out because I prefer to use the same syntax for the  
variables inside quotes and outside. Makes it easier when doing  
searches for uses of a variable and global replacement.

I think you are overstating the case about "generally considered  
better style". It's true that with the braces you can immediately  
follow a variable expansion with an alphanumeric chracter, but

>> -    system "mkdir", "-p", "${productDir}/usr/local/include";
>> +    system "mkdir", "-p", "$productDir/usr/local/include";
>>
>
> This doesn't have much to do with your change but I would totally  
> write this kind of thing as `mkdir -p "$productDir/usr/local/ 
> include"`.

We can discuss this another time. I think the "system with a list"  
approach handles quoting better, but that might be incorrect.

> Style nitpitchs notwithstanding, r=me on the substantive changes  
> (assuming you tested reasonably).

I really like Stuart Morgan's technique of using FindDir, so I'm  
going to integrate that before landing the patch.

     -- Darin