%version; --> %scons; ]> SCons Design version &buildversion; Steven Knight Revision &buildrevision; (&builddate;) 2001 2001 Steven Knight ©right; version &buildversion; Introduction &intro; Goals &goals; Overview &overview; Build Engine API &engine; Native Python Interface &native; Other Issues &issues; Background &bground; Summary &SCons; offers a robust and feature-rich design for an SC-build tool. With a Build Engine based on the proven design of the &Cons; utility, it offers increased simplification of the user interface for unsophisticated users with the addition of the "do-the-right-thing" env.Make method, increased flexibility for sophisticated users with the addition of &Builder; and &Scanner; objects, a mechanism to allow tool-masters (and users) to share working construction environments, and embeddability to provide reliable dependency management in a variety of environments and interfaces. Acknowledgements &acks;