Wanted: Python solution for ordering dependencies

[Makoto Kuwata]

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Jonathan Fine <jfine at pytex.org> wrote:
> I'm hoping to avoid reinventing a wheel (or other rolling device).  I've got
> a number of dependencies and, if possible, I want to order them so that each
> item has its dependencies met before it is processed.
>
> I think I could get what I want by writing and running a suitable makefile,
> but that seems to be such a kludge.
>
> Does anyone know of an easily available Python solution?

If you are looking for alternatives of Make or Ant, try pyKook.
pyKook is a pure-Python tool similar to Make, Ant, or Rake.
http://www.kuwata-lab.com/kook/pykook-users-guide.html
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Kook/

example (Kookbook.py):

    CC       = prop('CC', 'gcc')
    CFLAGS   = prop('CFLAGS', '-g -O2')

    @recipe
    @ingreds('hello.o')
    def task_all(c):
        """compile all *.o"""    # recipe description
        pass

    @recipe
    @product("*.o")
    @ingreds("$(1).c", if_exists("$(1).h"))
    def file_o(c):
        """compile '*.c' and '*.h' into '*.o'"""   # recipe description
        system(c%"$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(ingred)")

example of command-line:

    ~/tmp> kk all
    ### ** hello.o (recipe=file_o)
    $ gcc -g -O2 -c hello.c
    ### * all (recipe=task_all)

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regards,
makoto kuwata