I want the same feature in CMake: variable_watch
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Description
I transfer from CMake to Meson and accept that Meson has no user defined functions and uses only global variables.
However, I cannot find the similar CMake `variable_watch` function in Meson. I have to spread `warning` function calls in the meson.build files and try to find when and where a variable is used or changed. It is boring and valueless work.
I think it is not hard to add the similar CMake `variable_watch` function in Meson. It is just to add some logic to read and write operations of the global variable table.
variable_watch
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/variable_watch.html
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Research direction
Read the linked CMake variable_watch documentation first, then inspect Meson’s global variable table and the warning calls currently spread through meson.build files. Determine the intended behavior for variable reads and writes, including how a watch is registered and what output it should produce. Done means the behavior is defined and verified for the relevant global-variable operations.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100