[ng] cleanup: after enabling of subdir-objects unconditionally

Few minor cleanups made possible by earlier changes, plus other minor
cleanups triggered in cascade.  No semantic change is intended.

* automake.in (LANG_IGNORE, LANG_SUBDIR): Remove.
(register_language ('name' => 'vala', ...)): Add '.vapi' to the entry
'extensions', and simplify the entry 'output_extensions' to point to a
dummy subroutine (since it wasn't really used anyway).
(handle_single_transform): Don't expect the 'lang_*_rewrite' subroutines
to return a 'LANG_*' constant anymore, but only a transformed extension,
if required.  To decide whether further processing of the source file
should be stopped, rely on a new set of 'lang_*_ignore' subroutines,
defaulting to a subroutine that returns false.  Accordingly, don't special
case the handling of '.vapi' files anymore, instead relying on ...
(lang_vala_ignore, lang_header_ignore): ... these new subroutines to avoid
extra processing of C/C++ headers and Vala '.vapi' headers.
(lang_c_rewrite): Adjust to explicitly return an undefined value.
(lang_java_rewrite): Remove.
Remove an outdated comment.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>

diff --git a/automake.in b/automake.in
index 14b328af8042f9e3378106b2c3e8ae63c3950a66..21a02a68d0668d8faca072f46ff691b90f4242cd 100644 (file)
--- a/automake.in
+++ b/automake.in
@@ -281,13 +281,6 @@ my $gen_copyright = "\
 # PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 ";
 
-# These constants are returned by the lang_*_rewrite functions.
-# LANG_SUBDIR means that the resulting object file should be in a
-# subdir if the source file is.  In this case the file name cannot
-# have '..' components.
-use constant LANG_IGNORE  => 0;
-use constant LANG_SUBDIR  => 2;
-
 # These are used when keeping track of whether an object can be built
 # by two different paths.
 use constant COMPILE_LIBTOOL  => 1;
@@ -801,7 +794,7 @@ register_language ('name' => 'header',
                   # Nothing to do.
                   '_finish' => sub { });
 
-# Vala
+# Vala.
 register_language ('name' => 'vala',
                   'Name' => 'Vala',
                   'config_vars' => ['VALAC'],
@@ -809,9 +802,10 @@ register_language ('name' => 'vala',
                   'compile' => '$(VALAC) $(AM_VALAFLAGS) $(VALAFLAGS)',
                   'ccer' => 'VALAC',
                   'compiler' => 'VALACOMPILE',
-                  'extensions' => ['.vala'],
-                  'output_extensions' => sub { (my $ext = $_[0]) =~ s/vala$/c/;
-                                               return ($ext,) },
+                  'extensions' => ['.vala', '.vapi'],
+                   # Vala compilation must be handled in a special way, so
+                   # nothing to do or return here.
+                  'output_extensions' => sub { },
                   'rule_file' => 'vala',
                   '_finish' => \&lang_vala_finish,
                   '_target_hook' => \&lang_vala_target_hook,
@@ -1666,20 +1660,24 @@ sub handle_single_transform ($$$$$%)
                  }
              }
 
-           # Note: computed subr call.  The language rewrite function
-           # should return one of the LANG_* constants.  It could
-           # also return a list whose first value is such a constant
-           # and whose second value is a new source extension which
-           # should be applied.  This means this particular language
-           # generates another source file which we must then process
-           # further.
-           my $subr = \&{'lang_' . $lang->name . '_rewrite'};
-            defined &$subr or $subr = sub { return LANG_SUBDIR; };
-           my ($r, $source_extension)
-               = &$subr ($directory, $base, $extension,
-                         $obj, $have_per_exec_flags, $var);
-           # Skip this entry if we were asked not to process it.
-           next if $r == LANG_IGNORE;
+            # NOTE: computed subr calls here.
+
+            # The language ignore function can ask not to preprocess
+            # a source file further.
+            my $subr_ignore = \&{'lang_' . $lang->name . '_ignore'};
+            next if defined &$subr_ignore
+                    and &$subr_ignore ($directory, $base, $extension);
+            # The language rewrite function can return a new source
+            # extension which should be applied.  This means this
+            # particular language generates another source file which
+            # we must then process further.  This happens, for example,
+            # with yacc and lex.
+            my $subr_rewrite = \&{'lang_' . $lang->name . '_rewrite'};
+            $subr_rewrite = sub { } unless defined &$subr_rewrite;
+            my $source_extension = &$subr_rewrite ($directory, $base,
+                                                   $extension, $obj,
+                                                   $have_per_exec_flags,
+                                                   $var);
 
            # Now extract linker and other info.
            $linker = $lang->linker;
@@ -1729,10 +1727,8 @@ sub handle_single_transform ($$$$$%)
 
            # If rewrite said it was ok, put the object into a
            # subdir.
-           if ($r == LANG_SUBDIR && $directory ne '')
-           {
-               $object = $directory . '/' . $object;
-           }
+           $object = $directory . '/' . $object
+             unless $directory eq '';
 
            # If the object file has been renamed (because per-target
            # flags are used) we cannot compile the file with an
@@ -1789,12 +1785,6 @@ sub handle_single_transform ($$$$$%)
                      [@specifics, %transform]);
            }
        }
-        elsif ($extension eq '.vapi')
-        {
-            # Explicitly pass vala headers through.  This is a bit of an
-            # hack, but good enough FTM.
-            next;
-        }
        else
        {
             # Assume the user has defined a proper explicit or pattern
@@ -5068,11 +5058,6 @@ sub check_gnits_standards
 #
 # Functions to handle files of each language.
 
-# Each 'lang_X_rewrite($DIRECTORY, $BASE, $EXT)' function follows a
-# simple formula: Return value is LANG_SUBDIR if the resulting object
-# file should be in a subdir if the source file is, LANG_PROCESS if
-# file is to be dealt with, LANG_IGNORE otherwise.
-
 # Much of the actual processing is handled in
 # handle_single_transform.  These functions exist so that
 # auxiliary information can be recorded for a later cleanup pass.
@@ -5105,33 +5090,38 @@ sub lang_c_rewrite
                     uniq_part => 'AM_PROG_CC_C_O per-target');
        }
     }
-
-  return LANG_SUBDIR;
+  # Not a useless use of return: the caller of this subroutine will
+  # behave differently if a value is actually returned, and since perl
+  # returns the value of the last expressions seen by default, we
+  # need to explicitly return and undefined value.
+  return undef;
 }
 
-# Rewrite a single header file.
-sub lang_header_rewrite
+# Header files are simply ignored.
+sub lang_header_ignore { 1; }
+
+# Vala '.vapi' are a kind of header files as well, and should
+# not be processed into compilation rules.
+ sub lang_vala_ignore
 {
-    # Header files are simply ignored.
-    return LANG_IGNORE;
+    my ($directory, $base, $ext) = @_;
+    return ($ext =~ m/\.vapi$/ ? 1 : 0);
 }
 
 # Rewrite a single Vala source file.
 sub lang_vala_rewrite
 {
     my ($directory, $base, $ext) = @_;
-
-    (my $newext = $ext) =~ s/vala$/c/;
-    return (LANG_SUBDIR, $newext);
+    $ext =~ s/vala$/c/;
+    return $ext;
 }
 
 # Rewrite a single yacc/yacc++ file.
 sub lang_yacc_rewrite
 {
     my ($directory, $base, $ext) = @_;
-
-    (my $newext = $ext) =~ tr/y/c/;
-    return (LANG_SUBDIR, $newext);
+    $ext =~ tr/y/c/;
+    return $ext;
 }
 sub lang_yaccxx_rewrite { lang_yacc_rewrite (@_); };
 
@@ -5139,18 +5129,11 @@ sub lang_yaccxx_rewrite { lang_yacc_rewrite (@_); };
 sub lang_lex_rewrite
 {
     my ($directory, $base, $ext) = @_;
-
-    (my $newext = $ext) =~ tr/l/c/;
-    return (LANG_SUBDIR, $newext);
+    $ext =~ tr/l/c/;
+    return $ext;
 }
 sub lang_lexxx_rewrite { lang_lex_rewrite (@_); };
 
-# Rewrite a single Java file.
-sub lang_java_rewrite
-{
-    return LANG_SUBDIR;
-}
-
 # The lang_X_finish functions are called after all source file
 # processing is done.  Each should handle defining rules for the
 # language, etc.  A finish function is only called if a source file of