Can gprbuild be configured to output gnatprep preprocessed sources? - ada

Question

I have a gpr project which uses gnatprep to preprocess source files. But now I have a tool which needs the already preprocessed source files. I know that I can hunt down each source file and run it through gnatprep:
find . -type f -iname '*.ad[sb]' -exec gnatprep -DSymbol=value {} {}.prep \;
But I'd like to leverage the project file to find the right source files and pass them through. My project file also defines the various symbol values to use, which I would have to add to the command above. Is it possible through some parameter in the .gpr file? E.g.
for Object_Dir use 'obj';
for Preprocessed_Sources_Dir use 'wow_that_was_easy';

Answer 1

You can tell the compiler to leave the preprocessed sources in the Object_Dir with the -gnateG option, like so, in the project file:
package Compiler is
for Default_Switches ("Ada") use ("-gnateDFoo=""Bar""", "-gnateG" );
end Compiler;
The preprocessed source will then be named <original_filename>.prep, for example foo.adb -> foo.adb.prep
Edit:
For your followup-question, you'd have to put the preprocessor options in a separate file, for example prep.def:
* -u -c -DFoo="Bar"
or, if you want to specify options per file:
"foo.adb" -u -c -DFoo="Bar"
And then tell the compiler to use that file with the gnatep= option:
package Compiler is
for Default_Switches ("Ada") use ("-gnateG", "-gnatep=" & Foo'Project_Dir & "prep.def" );
end Compiler;