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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/user/builders-writing.xml')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/user/builders-writing.xml b/doc/user/builders-writing.xml index c36d468..2fcb11b 100644 --- a/doc/user/builders-writing.xml +++ b/doc/user/builders-writing.xml @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ def build_function(target, source, env): A list of Node objects representing the target or targets to be - built by this builder function. + built by this function. The file names of these target(s) may be extracted using the Python &str; function. @@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def build_function(target, source, env): A list of Node objects representing the sources to be - used by this builder function to build the targets. + used by this function to build the targets. The file names of these source(s) may be extracted using the Python &str; function. @@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ def build_function(target, source, env): <para> The &consenv; used for building the target(s). - The builder function may use any of the + The function may use any of the environment's construction variables in any way to affect how it builds the targets. @@ -496,13 +496,14 @@ def build_function(target, source, env): <para> - The builder function must - return a <literal>0</literal> or <literal>None</literal> value - if the target(s) are built successfully. - The builder function - may raise an exception - or return any non-zero value - to indicate that the build is unsuccessful. + The function will be constructed as a SCons FunctionAction and + must return a <literal>0</literal> or <literal>None</literal> + value if the target(s) are built successfully. The function may + raise an exception or return any non-zero value to indicate that + the build is unsuccessful. + + For more information on Actions see the Action Objects section of + the man page. </para> |