Module std

Contains some miscellaneous utilities for HyperMake.

Function std.symlink

Creates a symbolic link as an output. This is particularly useful when referring to a local repository that is under development.

import std
package my_repo = std.symlink(path="path/to/my/repo")

Class std.run

Enables a task in HyperMake to run in a custom interpreter (e.g. Python, Perl, etc.).

Example usage:

import std

sender = {Sender: Alice Bob}

@std.run(interpreter="python3")
task hello_world(sender=$):
    import os
    print(f"Hello, world from {os.environ["sender"]}!")

Note that whatever interpreter you choose to use, HyperMake parameters are passed into the task as environment variables. Here in Python we use os.environ to access them.