Use python for build scripts #3

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MartinFouilleul · 2023-06-26T09:42:31Z

MartinFouilleul commented

2023-06-26 09:42:31 +00:00

Replace per-platform build scripts (zsh/batch) with a single python script that detects the OS/toolchain and runs platform-specific commands from there. Much of the logic, filesystem handling and error reporting can then be shared.

bvisness commented

2023-06-27 15:12:26 +00:00

I'd be happy to work on this after I do the font stuff. I like dev experience stuff :)

bvisness self-assigned this 2023-06-27 15:12:39 +00:00

MartinFouilleul commented

2023-06-30 15:47:19 +00:00

Thanks for taking care of that! The build script could also check for dependencies / build them if needed (at least wasm3/milepost), and optionally build the examples (the build scripts for all examples are essentially the same, with just executables names).

bvisness commented

2023-07-03 16:05:29 +00:00

I think when it comes to samples we'll need to think about how we want the build process to work. Since Orca is language-agnostic, I expect we'll need to provide tooling that can take .wasm files and bundle them into an Orca executable, but not actually run any compilers. Certainly though we can streamline the build process for Orca itself as much as possible.

MartinFouilleul commented

2023-07-04 07:54:49 +00:00

The build script for the samples actually combines those two steps, but all the application bundling is done by scripts/mkapp.py. So the idea is you'd compile your wasm module however you like, and then use mkapp.py to create the app.
It would be cool to have a way to build all the samples from the main build script though.
Also, as a matter of convenience, we could provide a helper script that just outputs the correct flags for clang to compile C to an orca wasm module? And maybe later have the same kind of thing for other toolchains?

The build script for the samples actually combines those two steps, but all the application bundling is done by `scripts/mkapp.py`. So the idea is you'd compile your wasm module however you like, and then use `mkapp.py` to create the app. It would be cool to have a way to build all the samples from the main build script though. Also, as a matter of convenience, we could provide a helper script that just outputs the correct flags for clang to compile C to an orca wasm module? And maybe later have the same kind of thing for other toolchains?

bvisness commented

2023-07-04 16:43:29 +00:00

Good idea, I'll think through how we can help people set up their language toolchains for Orca.

bvisness added this to the Jam MVP milestone 2023-07-04 21:25:36 +00:00

MartinFouilleul referenced this issue from a commit

2023-08-09 09:50:00 +00:00

Merge pull request 'mp_thread' (#3) from mp_thread into main

bvisness commented

2023-08-10 00:15:55 +00:00

Gonna close this since #31 was merged. We can open more issues for future work.

bvisness closed this issue

2023-08-10 00:15:55 +00:00