[swift-dev] Developing Swift in Xcode

[Kenny Leung]

Hi Ben.

Argghh!

Question: why generate Xcode project files that don’t build?

Genuinely puzzled.

-Kenny


> On Mar 14, 2016, at 12:55 PM, Ben Langmuir via swift-dev <swift-dev at swift.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Lovelett via swift-dev <swift-dev at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016, at 02:07 PM, Kenny Leung via swift-dev wrote:
>>> Hi All.
>>> 
>>> With your indulgence, I’m looking for some newbie help here. I’ve gone
>>> through the steps in the Swift project README, and generated an Xcode
>>> project.
>>> 
>>> Are there any pointers to where to go next in the modify-compile-test
>>> cycle? There are a zillion targets in the project, and none of them seem
>>> to build.
>> 
>> This is my experience too. Just to add some more data points I did this:
>> 
>> $ utils/update-checkout
>> $ utils/build-script -t
>> $ utils/build-script -X --skip-build -- —reconfigure
> 
> See the documentation in `build-script -help` the capital -X option is designed to not be able to build.  You want the lowercase -x option.
> 
>> $ cd ~/Source/build/Xcode-DebugAssert/swift-macosx-x86_64
>> $ open Swift.xcodeproj
>> 
>> Using the "ALL_BUILD" target in Xcode I attempted to build and was
>> greeted with the following error:
>> 
>> echo This\ Xcode\ project\ is\ configured\ for\ IDE\ use\ only\ and\
>> cannot\ build\ Swift.
>> This Xcode project is configured for IDE use only and cannot build
>> Swift.
>> false
>> make: ***
>> [/Users/ryan/Source/build/Xcode-DebugAssert/swift-macosx-x86_64/xcode_generate_for_ide_only_dummy.txt]
>> Error 1
>> Command /bin/sh failed with exit code 2
>> 
>> Most of my steps were taken from
>> https://github.com/apple/swift#developing-swift-in-xcode and then I just
>> filled in the blanks with my own imagination from there.
>> 
>>> 
>>> What is your typical process when adding a new feature to Swift?
>> 
>> I am also interested in this.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
>>> -Kenny
>>> 
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