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diff --git a/SCons/Tool/MSCommon/README.rst b/SCons/Tool/MSCommon/README.rst index 5b09b58..7050c81 100644 --- a/SCons/Tool/MSCommon/README.rst +++ b/SCons/Tool/MSCommon/README.rst @@ -1,112 +1,124 @@ -#################################################################################### -# WARNING: The compiler detection logic documentation below is likely out-of-date. # -# The content of this file is transitioning to README.rst. # -#################################################################################### - -This is the flow of the compiler detection logic: - -External to MSCommon: - - The Tool init modules, in their exists() routines, call -> msvc_exists(env) - -At the moment, those modules are: - SCons/Tool/midl.py - SCons/Tool/mslib.py - SCons/Tool/mslink.py - SCons/Tool/msvc.py - SCons/Tool/msvs.py - -env may contain a version request in MSVC_VERSION, but this is not used -in the detection that follows from msvc_exists(), only in the later -batch that starts with a call to msvc_setup_env(). - -Internal to MSCommon/vc.py: - -+ MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_exists: -| vcs = cached_get_installed_vcs(env) -| returns True if vcs > 0 -| -+-> MSCommon/vc.py:cached_get_installed_vcs: - | checks global if we've run previously, if so return it - | populate the global from -> get_installed_vcs(env) - | - +-> MSCommon/vc.py:get_installed_vcs: - | loop through "known" versions of msvc, granularity is maj.min - | check for product dir -> find_vc_pdir(env, ver) +README - SCons.Tool.MSCommon +############################ + +Compiler Detection Logic +======================== + +**WARNING: the compiler detection logic documentation below is likely out-of-date.** + +The verbatim content below is taken in its entirety from the existing ``MSCommom/README`` +file. + +In the future, the compiler detection logic documentation will be updated and integrated +into the current document format as appropriate. + +:: + + This is the flow of the compiler detection logic: + + External to MSCommon: + + The Tool init modules, in their exists() routines, call -> msvc_exists(env) + + At the moment, those modules are: + SCons/Tool/midl.py + SCons/Tool/mslib.py + SCons/Tool/mslink.py + SCons/Tool/msvc.py + SCons/Tool/msvs.py + + env may contain a version request in MSVC_VERSION, but this is not used + in the detection that follows from msvc_exists(), only in the later + batch that starts with a call to msvc_setup_env(). + + Internal to MSCommon/vc.py: + + + MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_exists: + | vcs = cached_get_installed_vcs(env) + | returns True if vcs > 0 | - +-> MSCommon/vc.py:find_vc_pdir: - | From the msvc-version to pdir mapping dict, get reg key base and value - | If value is none -> find_vc_pdir_vswhere(ver, env) + +-> MSCommon/vc.py:cached_get_installed_vcs: + | checks global if we've run previously, if so return it + | populate the global from -> get_installed_vcs(env) | - +-> MSCommon/vc.py:find_vc_pdir_vswhere: - | From the vc-version to VS-version mapping table get string - | Figure out where vswhere is -> msvc_find_vswhere() - | Use subprocess to call vswhere, return first line of match - / - | else get product directory from registry (<= 14.0) - / - | if we found one -> _check_cl_exists_in_vc_dir(env, pdir, ver) - | - +-> MSCommon/vc.py:_check_cl_exists_in_vc_dir: - | Figure out host/target pair - | if version > 14.0 get specific version by looking in - | pdir + Auxiliary/Build/Microsoft/VCToolsVersion/default.txt - | look for pdir + Tools/MSVC/{specver}/bin/host/target/cl.exe - | if 14.0 or less, "do older stuff" - -All of this just got us a yes-no answer on whether /some/ msvc version -exists, but does populate __INSTALLED_VCS_RUN with all of the top-level -versions as noted for get_installed_vcs - -Externally: - - Once a module's exists() has been called (or, in the case of - clang/clangxx, after the compiler has been detected by other means - - those still expect the rest of the msvc chain but not cl.exe) - the module's generate() function calls -> msvc_setup_env_once(env) - -Internally: - -+ MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_setup_env_once: -| checks for environment flag MSVC_SETUP_RUN -| if not, -> msvc_setup_env(env) and set flag -| -+-+ MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_setup_env: - | set ver from -> get_default_version(env) - | - +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:get_default_version: - | if no version specified in env.MSVC_VERSION: - | return first entry from -> cached_get_installed_vcs(env) - | else return requested version - / - | get script from MSVC_USE_SCRIPT if set to a filename - | -> script_env(script) - | - +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:script_env: - | return (possibly cached) script variables matching script arg - / - | else -> msvc_find_valid_batch_script(env, version) - | - +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_find_valid_batch_script: - | Build a list of plausible target values, and loop through - | look for host + target -> find_batch_file(env, ver, host, target) + +-> MSCommon/vc.py:get_installed_vcs: + | loop through "known" versions of msvc, granularity is maj.min + | check for product dir -> find_vc_pdir(env, ver) + | + +-> MSCommon/vc.py:find_vc_pdir: + | From the msvc-version to pdir mapping dict, get reg key base and value + | If value is none -> find_vc_pdir_vswhere(ver, env) + | + +-> MSCommon/vc.py:find_vc_pdir_vswhere: + | From the vc-version to VS-version mapping table get string + | Figure out where vswhere is -> msvc_find_vswhere() + | Use subprocess to call vswhere, return first line of match + / + | else get product directory from registry (<= 14.0) + / + | if we found one -> _check_cl_exists_in_vc_dir(env, pdir, ver) + | + +-> MSCommon/vc.py:_check_cl_exists_in_vc_dir: + | Figure out host/target pair + | if version > 14.0 get specific version by looking in + | pdir + Auxiliary/Build/Microsoft/VCToolsVersion/default.txt + | look for pdir + Tools/MSVC/{specver}/bin/host/target/cl.exe + | if 14.0 or less, "do older stuff" + + All of this just got us a yes-no answer on whether /some/ msvc version + exists, but does populate __INSTALLED_VCS_RUN with all of the top-level + versions as noted for get_installed_vcs + + Externally: + + Once a module's exists() has been called (or, in the case of + clang/clangxx, after the compiler has been detected by other means - + those still expect the rest of the msvc chain but not cl.exe) + the module's generate() function calls -> msvc_setup_env_once(env) + + Internally: + + + MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_setup_env_once: + | checks for environment flag MSVC_SETUP_RUN + | if not, -> msvc_setup_env(env) and set flag | - +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:find_batch_file: - | call -> find_vc_pdir (see above) - | use the return to construct a version-biased batfile path, check - / - | if not found, try sdk scripts (unknown if this is still useful) - - -Problems: -- For VS >= 2017, VS and VS are not 1:1, there can be many VC for one VS -- For vswhere-ready versions, detection does not proceed beyond the - product level ("2019") into individual "features" (individual msvc) -- As documented for MSVC_VERSION, compilers can only be requested if versions - are from the set in _VCVER, so 14.1 but not 14.16 or 14.16.27023 -- Information found in the first pass (msvs_exists) isn't really - available anywhere except the cached version list, since we just - return true/false. -- Since msvc_exists chain of calls does not look at version, we - can proceed to compiler setup if *any* msvc was found, even if the - one requested wasn't found. + +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_setup_env: + | set ver from -> get_default_version(env) + | + +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:get_default_version: + | if no version specified in env.MSVC_VERSION: + | return first entry from -> cached_get_installed_vcs(env) + | else return requested version + / + | get script from MSVC_USE_SCRIPT if set to a filename + | -> script_env(script) + | + +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:script_env: + | return (possibly cached) script variables matching script arg + / + | else -> msvc_find_valid_batch_script(env, version) + | + +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:msvc_find_valid_batch_script: + | Build a list of plausible target values, and loop through + | look for host + target -> find_batch_file(env, ver, host, target) + | + +-+ MSCommon/vc.py:find_batch_file: + | call -> find_vc_pdir (see above) + | use the return to construct a version-biased batfile path, check + / + | if not found, try sdk scripts (unknown if this is still useful) + + + Problems: + - For VS >= 2017, VS and VS are not 1:1, there can be many VC for one VS + - For vswhere-ready versions, detection does not proceed beyond the + product level ("2019") into individual "features" (individual msvc) + - As documented for MSVC_VERSION, compilers can only be requested if versions + are from the set in _VCVER, so 14.1 but not 14.16 or 14.16.27023 + - Information found in the first pass (msvs_exists) isn't really + available anywhere except the cached version list, since we just + return true/false. + - Since msvc_exists chain of calls does not look at version, we + can proceed to compiler setup if *any* msvc was found, even if the + one requested wasn't found. + |