Builtin features

The following features are provided by Faber and its built-in tools.

cppflags

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,incidental

Generic preprocessing flags. They are passed through to the compiler, unmodified.

cflags

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,incidental

Generic C compiler flags. They are passed through to the compiler, unmodified.

cxxflags

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,incidental

Generic C++ compiler flags. They are passed through to the compiler, unmodified.

cxxstd

Defined in

faber.tools.cxx

Attributes

incidental

Possible values

98, 03, 11, 14, 17

C++ standard version to be used.

ldflags

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,incidental

Generic linker flags. They are passed through to the compiler / linker, unmodified.

define

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,incidental

Macro definitions. They are passed through to the compiler / preprocessor, unmodified.

linkpath

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,path,incidental

Library search paths. They are passed through to the compiler / linker, unmodified.

include

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,path,incidental

Header search paths. They are passed through to the compiler / preprocessor, unmodified.

libs

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,incidental

Libraries to be linked to. They are passed through to the compiler / linker, unmodified.

link

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Possible values

'static', 'shared'

Link type for libraries.

target.os

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

The target OS of the compiler. Examples: Linux, Windows, Darwin.

target.arch

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

The target architecture of the compiler. Examples: x86_64, x86, arm, aarm64.

runpath

Defined in

faber.tools.compiler

Attributes

multi,path,incidental

The library search path used during application execution.

pythonpath

Defined in

faber.tools.python

Attributes

multi,path,incidental

The Python module search path used during application execution.