Re: [cdt-dev] Build System redo

[Nathan Ridge <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> These build systems share a property which was not mentioned in this
> discussion yet: there is a "configure" step involved in the build. Needed only
> once to select the toolchain, find external libraries and include paths, but
> not for every build during development.
>
> The indexer cannot know the include paths before the configure step was run.
> But it would be nice to be able to navigate through the sources without having
> to build them before, especially for large projects.
>
> I would really like to see better support for the "configure" step.

+1

Not having to wait for a full build to complete before the indexer can get enough configuration info to make the code navigable would be a significant improvement.

Regards,
Nate