On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:17 AM Robert Clausecker wrote: > I'm not sure if it would be that simple. With preprocessors like > soelim, your script would have to be able to open arbitrary external > files to find out what preprocessors are needed. And perhaps other > preprocessors too could trigger dependencies on additional > preprocessors depending on how they are used. > True enough, but you'd be no better off in principle if you were using an explicit pipeline, especially if you are sourcing files that you didn't write: your knowledge of the content may be vague. John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org Heckler: "Go on, Al, tell 'em all you know. It won't take long." Al Smith: "I'll tell 'em all we *both* know. It won't take any longer."