Updated the documentation for nested tools located within subdirs

3 files changed, 67 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/man/scons.xml b/doc/man/scons.xml
index b68f27a..3268860 100644
--- a/doc/man/scons.xml
+++ b/doc/man/scons.xml
@@ -2187,6 +2187,22 @@ platform name when the Environment is constructed. Changing the PATH
 variable after the Environment is constructed will not cause the tools to
 be redetected.</para>
 
+<para> One feature now present within Scons is the ability to have nested tools.
+Tools which can be located within a subdirectory in the toolpath.
+With a nested tool name the dot represents a directory seperator</para>
+
+<programlisting>
+# namespaced builder
+env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, tools = ['SubDir1.SubDir2.SomeTool'])
+env.SomeTool(targets, sources)
+
+# Search Paths
+# SCons\Tool\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool.py
+# SCons\Tool\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool\__init__.py
+# .\site_scons\site_tools\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool.py
+# .\site_scons\site_tools\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool\__init__.py
+</programlisting>
+
 <para>SCons supports the following tool specifications out of the box:</para>
 
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diff --git a/doc/user/builders-writing.xml b/doc/user/builders-writing.xml
index 07f2dec..35dd989 100644
--- a/doc/user/builders-writing.xml
+++ b/doc/user/builders-writing.xml
@@ -880,6 +880,53 @@ env2.Foo('file2')
 
   </section>
 
+  <section>
+  <title>Nested and namespace builders;</title>
+
+    <para>
+    &SCons; now supports the ability for a Builder to be located within a sub-directory of the toolpath.
+	This is similar to namespacing within python.
+
+    Normally when loading a tool into the environment, scons will search for the tool within two locations
+    </para>
+
+    <sconstruct>
+# Regular non namespace target
+env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, tools = ['SomeTool'])
+env.SomeTool(targets, sources)
+    </sconstruct>
+
+    <para>
+    The locations would include
+	<filename>SCons\Tool\SomeTool.py</filename>
+    <filename>SCons\Tool\SomeTool\__init__.py</filename>
+    <filename>.\site_scons\site_tools\SomeTool.py</filename>
+	<filename>.\site_scons\site_tools\SomeTool\__init__.py</filename>
+
+    If a toolpath is specified this is also searched as well.
+	With nested or namespaced tools we can use the dot notation to specify a sub-directoty that the tool is located under
+    </para>
+
+    <sconstruct>
+# namespaced target
+env = Environment(ENV = os.environ, tools = ['SubDir1.SubDir2.SomeTool'])
+env.SomeTool(targets, sources)
+    </sconstruct>
+
+    <para>
+    With this example the search locations would include
+	<filename>SCons\Tool\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool.py</filename>
+    <filename>SCons\Tool\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool\__init__.py</filename>
+    <filename>.\site_scons\site_tools\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool.py</filename>
+	<filename>.\site_scons\site_tools\SubDir1\SubDir2\SomeTool\__init__.py</filename>
+
+    It's important to note when creating tools within sub-directories, there needs to be a __init__.py file within each directory.
+	This file can just be empty however.
+	This is the same constraint used by python when loading modules from within sub-directories (packages).
+
+    </para>
+  </section>
+
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   <section>
diff --git a/src/CHANGES.txt b/src/CHANGES.txt
index 5d670fd..e6d9c02 100644
--- a/src/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/src/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 RELEASE 3.0.0.alpha.20170614 - Mon, 14 Jun 2017 12:23:56 -0400
 
+  From Richard West:
+    - Added nested / namespace tool support
+    - Added a small fix to the python3 tool loader when loading a tool as a package
+
   From William Blevins:
     - Updated D language scanner support to latest: 2.071.1. (PR #1924)
       https://dlang.org/spec/module.html accessed 11 August 2016