C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
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C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
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Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#2Both an excellent showcase of the Zig build system and a convenient way to use C libraries within Zig.
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#3I'm a bit worried this is intro'ing the classic problem we have in Bazel land, where everyone is having to show up with their own sort of packaging scripts etc instead of using upstream tooling one way or another.
I had the impression `zig` already has stuff like `zig cc`. Would... would `zig make` be an impossible proposition? Maybe that makes no sense.
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#4I just looked at one example...Wayland's meson.build is 142 LOC, but build.zig is 581.
https://github.com/allyourcodebase/wayland/blob/master/build... https://github.com/wayland-mirror/wayland/blob/main/meson.bu...
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#5I'm a bit worried this is intro'ing the classic problem we have in Bazel land, where everyone is having to show up with their own sort of packaging scripts etc instead of using upstream tooling one way or another. I had the impression `zig` already has stuff like `zig cc`. Would... would `zig make` be an impossible proposition? Maybe that makes no sense.
When I build software to use on my personal machine, I usually swap the build system out for tup. Maintainers never see this, but tup is just better for me. (Exception: Rust projects that use cargo, and JS projects that use bundling)
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#6I just looked at one example...Wayland's meson.build is 142 LOC, but build.zig is 581. https://github.com/allyourcodebase/wayland/blob/master/build... https://github.com/wayland-mirror/wayland/blob/main/meson.bu...
The Zig is far more explicit about what it is doing with lots of very long dotted commands for specifiy version headers and such, so maybe not super fair unless you like magic.
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#7I'm a bit worried this is intro'ing the classic problem we have in Bazel land, where everyone is having to show up with their own sort of packaging scripts etc instead of using upstream tooling one way or another. I had the impression `zig` already has stuff like `zig cc`. Would... would `zig make` be an impossible proposition? Maybe that makes no sense.
zig make is zig build.
I haven't kept my zig skills sharp enough but zig build and the build.zig file basically lets you create a dag of steps and create various targets. It's basically make but the programming language is zig itself and the associated code happens to be in the standard library.
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#8I just looked at one example...Wayland's meson.build is 142 LOC, but build.zig is 581. https://github.com/allyourcodebase/wayland/blob/master/build... https://github.com/wayland-mirror/wayland/blob/main/meson.bu...
The Zig is far more explicit about what it is doing with lots of very long dotted commands for specifiy version headers and such, so maybe not super fair unless you like magic.
Whats an example of magic in the meson.build that you don't understand? I think this is the first meson.build I've ever looked at and it seems very straightforward.
Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Zig is far more explicit about what it is doing with lots of very long dotted commands for specifiy version headers and such, so maybe not super fair unless you like magic.
Whats an example of magic in the meson.build that you don't understand? I think this is the first meson.build I've ever looked at and it seems very straightforward.
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Re: C/C++ projects packaged for Zig
#10I'm a bit worried this is intro'ing the classic problem we have in Bazel land, where everyone is having to show up with their own sort of packaging scripts etc instead of using upstream tooling one way or another. I had the impression `zig` already has stuff like `zig cc`. Would... would `zig make` be an impossible proposition? Maybe that makes no sense.
> classic problem we have in Bazel land
Can you tell me more about this? I’ve never used Bazel. I have used Buck extensively. But have never used either in an open source context.