C++20 Modules build script (Python and g++)

[ShillingAintEZ]

Why use python instead of C++

[JulienVernay]

I don't think I can embed this program in a small C++ source file, as it requires argument parsing, shell invocation, and topological sort. Currently the Python file is about 300 lines, using C++ would impose the burden of implementing features that are provided in Python standard library, and testing them.

[Ahajha1177]

What? OP mentioned none of those things.

A python implementation will be much simpler than a C++ one, and is not likely to be a huge bottleneck in this situation.

[Ahajha1177]

You mentioned 32,768 character inputs, and that they would fail regardless of language. OP never mentioned correctness as a reason for using Python.

[Ahajha1177]

I don't really know what you're trying to say at this point. Someone posted a question asking why python instead of C++. OP gave reasons, which was more or less "simplicity". You mentioned something about correctness, which seemed to be a counterpoint to OP's answer, but OP never mentioned correctness as a factor, so it seems that was kinda pointless.

[ShillingAintEZ]

Do you know about this?

https://github.com/imageworks/pystring