CMaize Design Documentation

Topics in this section record the design decisions underlying CMaize. If you’re trying to understand why a piece of CMaize “is the way it is” you’ve come to the right place.

• Overview of CMaize’s Design
  • What is CMaize?
  • Why do we need CMaize?
  • CMaize Considerations
  • Architecture
  • Summary
• Frequently Asked Design Questions
  • Why Shouldn’t We Just Copy/Paste Build Systems Among Projects?
  • Why not a generator?
• Design of CMaize’s User API
  • Overview of CMaize’s User API Design
  • Designing CMaize’s Find or Build Dependency Function
  • Designing CMaize’s Add Target Functions
• CMaize Class Design
  • Designing CMaize’s CMaizeProject Component
  • Designing the Package Specification
  • Designing CMaize’s PackageManager Component
  • Designing CMaize’s Target Component
  • Designing CMaize’s C++ Target Classes
  • Designing CMaize’s Python Target Classes
  • Designing CMaize’s CMake Target Classes