[fpc-devel] MakeSkel and FPDoc projects
Hans-Peter Diettrich
DrDiettrich1 at aol.com
Fri Dec 16 20:11:58 CET 2011
Michael Van Canneyt schrieb:
>> Then the created skeletons can be added to the DescrFiles list, and
>> the updated project can be saved on exit.
>
> I don't think this is good. makeskel creates a diff, you should not add
> this to the list of files; instead, after it was created, it should be
> merged with the original file.
Plase keep --update mode (what you mean) distinct from normal mode
(create new skeleton).
>> Furthermore it should be possible to process a single module from a
>> project package, for which e.g. a skeleton shall be created, or which
>> should be checked for errors by fpdoc. This requires that the --input
>> value selects one of the input files in the project. This can be
>> simplified by splitting the InputFile strings, into File and Options
>> parts, as is already done in the project files. The stringlist
>> representation could e.g. look like <file>=<options>, so that
>> IndexOfName can be used to select an entry, and the "=" is replaced by
>> an space before the entry is passed to the worker code. Then also
>> another option --unit=<unit-name> can be used to select the specific
>> input file to process. Then the stringlist representation also can be
>> changed to <unit-name>=<existing --input descriptor>, and
>> Values[<unit-name>] can be passed to the worker code.
>
> No. You forget that the coupling with unit names does not exist.
Please explain?
Both FPDoc and MakeSkel accept one or more --input arguments, each
representing one *unit*. When a project is used instead, either none or
all units can be selected automatically, but not a single one.
Consider an existing FPDoc project, which contains all input files and
all currently existing description files. When you want to create a new
skeleton for an not yet documented unit, how to achieve that? Should the
user copy the stored --input specification for that unit *manually*,
including all compiler options? And should he afterwards add the new
description file to the project, by editing the project file manually again?
>> Currently FPDoc scans the commandline for a project first, before
>> parsing the other options. This extra handling could be removed, with
>> the effect that options before the --project option are defaults,
>> which are overridden by the project settings, while options after
>> --project override the project settings. This consideration applies to
>> all programs, which accept an fpdoc project.
>
> Well, I don't like the fact that order of command-line options is
> important.
Well, I showed an practical use case, where such an order is useful.
> Given that, I don't see how you can avoid scanning for a project first.
This means that you disallow for e.g. scripts which provide built-in
defaults, that *should* be overridden by values stored in the project :-(
Did you ever try to *work* with FPDoc projects?
DoDi
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