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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libbuild2/in/target.cxx b/libbuild2/in/target.cxx
index d548453..d664e3a 100644
--- a/libbuild2/in/target.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/in/target.cxx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace build2
namespace in
{
static const target*
- in_search (const target& xt, const prerequisite_key& cpk)
+ in_search (context& ctx, const target* xt, const prerequisite_key& cpk)
{
// If we have no extension then derive it from our target. Then delegate
// to file_search().
@@ -18,18 +18,26 @@ namespace build2
prerequisite_key pk (cpk);
optional<string>& e (pk.tk.ext);
- if (!e)
+ if (!e && xt != nullptr)
{
- if (const file* t = xt.is_a<file> ())
+ // Why is the extension, say, .h.in and not .in (with .h being in the
+ // name)? While this is mostly academic (in this case things will work
+ // the same either way), conceptually, it is a header template rather
+ // than some file template. In other words, we are adding the second
+ // level classification.
+ //
+ // See also the low verbosity tidying up code in the rule.
+ //
+ if (const file* t = xt->is_a<file> ())
{
const string& te (t->derive_extension ());
e = te + (te.empty () ? "" : ".") + "in";
}
else
- fail << "prerequisite " << pk << " for a non-file target " << xt;
+ fail << "prerequisite " << pk << " for a non-file target " << *xt;
}
- return file_search (xt, pk);
+ return file_search (ctx, xt, pk);
}
static bool
@@ -51,7 +59,7 @@ namespace build2
&target_extension_none,
nullptr, /* default_extension */ // Taken care of by search.
&in_pattern,
- &target_print_1_ext_verb, // Same as file.
+ &target_print_1_ext_verb, // Same as file (but see rule).
&in_search,
target_type::flag::none
};