I’ve been using Swift for some time, and decided to learn deeper about the
language and the source code. I plan to try to modify a version of its
compiler in order to generate some code metrics (e.g. Depth of Inheritance
(DIT)) to the classes of the projects compiled by it. All in all, this is
the first time I am trying doing something like it - first time working in
a open source project -, and I’m lost.
*So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode
projects (and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built
from sources. *
I was able to correctly build Swift on my mac. Cloned the main
repositories, and built using swift/utils/build-script.
I am able to run .swift files using xcrun (i.e. xcrun
…/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/swift-macosx-x86_64/bin/swift -Ounchecked -gnone
example.swift).
But I couldn’t find a way to compile complete xcode projects, that include
UIKit and other imports.
Is it possible to do this?
In the future, I then plan to generate extra output files from the
compilation process.
So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode projects (and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built from sources.
Hi Marcel,
I actually do this.
What I did is:
1. Make a recursive copy of a xctoolchain.
2. Replace all the parts in that new toolchain with symlinks to the built versions
3. Edit the Info.plist to give the toolchain a unique name
It’s a hack, but currently it is otherwise quite problematic to build your own toolchain. There is a ticket open to make the build-script capable of this however, so hopefully this will be implemented.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Max Howell via swift-users <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode projects
(and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built from
sources.
Hi Marcel,
I actually do this.
What I did is:
1. Make a recursive copy of a xctoolchain.
2. Replace all the parts in that new toolchain with symlinks to the built
versions
3. Edit the Info.plist to give the toolchain a unique name
It’s a hack, but currently it is otherwise quite problematic to build your
own toolchain. There is a ticket open to make the build-script capable of
this however, so hopefully this will be implemented.
Hello Max and Dmitri, thank you very much for the response.
I'll try those steps/commands later tonight. I believe this will work for
me.
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2016-02-22 15:13 GMT-03:00 Dmitri Gribenko <gribozavr@gmail.com>:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Max Howell via swift-users > <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
> So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode
projects
> (and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built from
> sources.
>
>
> Hi Marcel,
>
> I actually do this.
>
> What I did is:
>
> 1. Make a recursive copy of a xctoolchain.
> 2. Replace all the parts in that new toolchain with symlinks to the built
> versions
> 3. Edit the Info.plist to give the toolchain a unique name
>
> It’s a hack, but currently it is otherwise quite problematic to build
your
> own toolchain. There is a ticket open to make the build-script capable of
> this however, so hopefully this will be implemented.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Marcel Rebouças <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
Hello all,
I’ve been using Swift for some time, and decided to learn deeper about the
language and the source code. I plan to try to modify a version of its
compiler in order to generate some code metrics (e.g. Depth of Inheritance
(DIT)) to the classes of the projects compiled by it. All in all, this is
the first time I am trying doing something like it - first time working in
a open source project -, and I’m lost.
*So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode
projects (and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built
from sources. *
I was able to correctly build Swift on my mac. Cloned the main
repositories, and built using swift/utils/build-script.
I am able to run .swift files using xcrun (i.e. xcrun
…/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/swift-macosx-x86_64/bin/swift -Ounchecked -gnone
example.swift).
But I couldn’t find a way to compile complete xcode projects, that include
UIKit and other imports.
Is it possible to do this?
In the future, I then plan to generate extra output files from the
compilation process.
I believe creating an alternative tool chain and setting up Xcode to use it
would work for me. I didn't thought of it, since at first I thought of
doing it kinda as a third party, only using the console. I'll start looking
on how to do it with the Xcode.
I believe he is asking how to get Xcode to use a locally built (and
possibly modified) version of swift/compiler. Then using Xcode pointed at
this alternate tools chain to build arbitrary projects that may be using
things from normal Apple frameworks, etc.
I have limit web access at the moment but I believe that is documented on
the org site.
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:39 AM Ankit Agarwal via swift-users < > swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Marcel Rebouças <swift-users@swift.org> >> wrote:
Hello all,
I’ve been using Swift for some time, and decided to learn deeper about
the language and the source code. I plan to try to modify a version of its
compiler in order to generate some code metrics (e.g. Depth of Inheritance
(DIT)) to the classes of the projects compiled by it. All in all, this is
the first time I am trying doing something like it - first time working in
a open source project -, and I’m lost.
*So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode
projects (and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built
from sources. *
I was able to correctly build Swift on my mac. Cloned the main
repositories, and built using swift/utils/build-script.
I am able to run .swift files using xcrun (i.e. xcrun
…/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/swift-macosx-x86_64/bin/swift -Ounchecked -gnone
example.swift).
But I couldn’t find a way to compile complete xcode projects, that
include UIKit and other imports.
Is it possible to do this?
In the future, I then plan to generate extra output files from the
compilation process.
I believe he is asking how to get Xcode to use a locally built (and
possibly modified) version of swift/compiler. Then using Xcode pointed at
this alternate tools chain to build arbitrary projects that may be using
things from normal Apple frameworks, etc.
I have limit web access at the moment but I believe that is documented on
the org site.
···
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 9:39 AM Ankit Agarwal via swift-users < swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:52 PM, Marcel Rebouças <swift-users@swift.org> > wrote:
Hello all,
I’ve been using Swift for some time, and decided to learn deeper about
the language and the source code. I plan to try to modify a version of its
compiler in order to generate some code metrics (e.g. Depth of Inheritance
(DIT)) to the classes of the projects compiled by it. All in all, this is
the first time I am trying doing something like it - first time working in
a open source project -, and I’m lost.
*So, first, I would like to know if there is a way to compile xcode
projects (and all classes within it) using the Swift version that I built
from sources. *
I was able to correctly build Swift on my mac. Cloned the main
repositories, and built using swift/utils/build-script.
I am able to run .swift files using xcrun (i.e. xcrun
…/build/Ninja-DebugAssert/swift-macosx-x86_64/bin/swift -Ounchecked -gnone
example.swift).
But I couldn’t find a way to compile complete xcode projects, that
include UIKit and other imports.
Is it possible to do this?
In the future, I then plan to generate extra output files from the
compilation process.