[Scons-dev] on demand Program tool initialization

[Dirk Bächle]

On 10.08.2014 18:20, anatoly techtonik wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Dirk Bächle <tshortik at gmx.de> wrote:
> [...]
>> We have started to discuss these kind of things on the ToolchainRevamp pages
>> in the Wiki:
>>
>>    http://www.scons.org/wiki/ToolchainRevamp
>>
>> and
>>
>>    http://scons.org/wiki/RevampToolsSubsystem
>>
>> . Feel free to add your points and comments there.
> Thanks for the pointer, but it doesn't answer the questions, which are:
>
> What minimal data tool needs to tell Program so that Program will
> choose it for certain files?
We don't know yet.
> Can we add this information unobtrusively now without waiting for the
> discussions to complete?
No.
> Meaning is there any parts that are already settled down and can be
> implemented now without breaking things in future when we have a
> solid plan?
Again, no.
> My head can not squeeze all the details, so I'd prefer the route of
> safe experiments and safety harness rather than too much upfront
> engineering.
Sure, just start with some basic scenarios (=use cases)...they'll 
certainly be helpful during the continued design discussions.

Dirk