[THRIFT-514] Add option to configure compiler output directory

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.1
• Component/s: Compiler (General)

Environment

Thrift SVN revision 752489 from trunk.

• Assignee: Jake Farrell
• Reporter: Mike Heffner
• Created: 21/May/09 19:23
• Updated: 08/Jun/13 03:16
• Resolved: 08/Jun/13 03:16

Description

I would like to change the output directory the compiler uses. For example, compiling to Python uses "gen-py" as the output directory and there is currently no option to change that. Suggest adding an option to specify the output directory. This can alleviate some issues when integrating auto-generation into Makefile build infrastructures.

Suggestions from Michael Greene on thrift-dev@:

Mike, If you're feeling adventurous, you can change it in your own
copy--each of the generators supplies its own output directory name.
For example, see the assignment out_dir_base_ = "gen-py"; in the
constructor of
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/thrift/trunk/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc