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b3 DSL rev 10833 [message #493271]

Sat, 24 October 2009 03:15

Henrik Lindberg

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Registered: July 2009

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Hi, the b3 DSL is now checked in - revision 10833. It has lots of
changes, and there are several sample files under the testData directory.

In brief...

- JS Syntax introduced
- 'artifacts' and 'group' in favor of always using 'action'
- since 'action' was the only remaining "part", the keyword 'action' was
dropped.
- order of elements in an action is now fixed (properties, advice,
group, and layout).
- artifacts is now done with an action returning a layout
someAction { layout{ directory/file.txt; } return layout; }
- groups is now donw with an action returning a group
someAction { group{ a/b/1.0; a/c/2.0; } return group; }
- JS script may appear after the layout statement. Any (well 99.9% - see
earlier post) statement/expression can be used.
- Properties are now prefixed with $ (as in $target.platform) this to
differentiate between a sub property "platform" on a parent property
"target"

(Note - Documentation in the test file test2.b3 is only partially up to
date, and still has mostly silly syntax checks, and no real examples).

Regards
- henrik

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Re: b3 DSL rev 10833 [message #493272 is a reply to message #493271]

Sat, 24 October 2009 04:08

Henrik Lindberg

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Registered: July 2009

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Henrik Lindberg <henrik.lindberg@cloudsmith.com> wrote:
> - 'artifacts' and 'group' in favor of always using 'action'

Should have said "have been dropped in favor of"

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Re: b3 DSL rev 10833 [message #493305 is a reply to message #493272]

Sat, 24 October 2009 15:42

Henrik Lindberg

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Forgot one more diff against Js. The b3 syntax in this rev limits
switch- cases to literal values. JS allows any expression.

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- henrik

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Re: b3 DSL rev 10833 [message #585131 is a reply to message #493271]

Sat, 24 October 2009 04:08

Henrik Lindberg

Messages: 2509
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Henrik Lindberg <henrik.lindberg@cloudsmith.com> wrote:
> - 'artifacts' and 'group' in favor of always using 'action'

Should have said "have been dropped in favor of"

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- henrik

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