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[Johan Hake <hake@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 27 May 2008 09:04:26 Anders Logg wrote:
> On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 06:47:25AM +0200, Johannes Ring wrote:
> > On Fri, May 23, 2008 Anders Logg wrote:
> > > Would it be possible to run the script generate.py in the swig
> > > directory whenever the swig interface needs to be regenerated?
> >
> > I tried to find a way to do this yesterday, but without success. I'll
> > keep working on it.
>
> ok, thanks.
>
> Here is some some details that might be helpful. What the script does
> it that it generates the file dolfin/swig/dolfin_headers.i from all the
>
>   dolfin/foo/dolfin_foo.h
>
> files, for example dolfin_la.h, dolfin_fem.h etc.
>
> One option would be to run this script *every* time we build but then
> modify the script so it knows when not do anything (when
> dolfin_headers.i is more recent). This would catch the need to
> regenerate when we have added new classes to the interface, but it
> would not catch the need to regenerate when we modify classes (and the
> help strings need to be regenerated).

Is it possible to add a scons.builder for this task, which uses the 
swigscanner in simula-scons? I do not know if this will take care of all 
eventualities though. 

Johan