docs +xcode6 bugfix: do not merge env variables of type dictionary into PROJ_SETTINGS config

playground/xcode6/src/test.cpp

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include "MyLib/TestClass.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
 {
 	TestClass a;
-	std::cout << a.message();
+	std::cout << a.message() << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Number should be 10: " << NUMBER << std::endl;
+
+
 	return 0;
 }

playground/xcode6/wscript

@@ -12,15 +12,24 @@ This demo will create an XCode project containing
 an App bundle target, a dynamic library target,
 a static library target and an executable target.
 The generated XCode project can then be opened
-and XCode can build those targets.
+and XCode can then build those targets.
 Tested in XCode 6 & 7.
 """
 
 def configure(conf):
+
+	# Use environment variables to set default project configuration
+	# settings
 	conf.env.FRAMEWORK_VERSION = '1.0'
 	conf.env.ARCHS = 'x86_64'
 	conf.env.INSTALL_PATH = '/my/install/path'
 
+	# The xcode6 tool will also pick up any c config files generated by
+	# the c_config tool, and it'll be added to your project's include path 
+	conf.load('c_config')
+	conf.define('NUMBER', 10)
+	conf.write_config_header('config.h')
+
 	# This must be called at the end of configure()
 	conf.load('xcode6')
 
@@ -53,6 +62,7 @@ def build(bld):
 		uselib='SDL2',
 		cxxflags='-O3',
 		framework='Cocoa',
+		# Override default setting in a target
 		settings={"Debug": {"CONFIG_NAME": 'Debug'}}
 	)
 

waflib/extras/xcode6.py

@@ -124,6 +124,13 @@ TARGET_TYPES = {
 	'exe' :TARGET_TYPE_EXECUTABLE,
 }
 
+def delete_invalid_values(dct):
+	""" Deletes entries that are dictionaries or sets """
+	for k, v in list(dct.items()):
+		if isinstance(v, dict) or isinstance(v, set):
+			del dct[k]
+	return dct
+
 """
 Configuration of the global project settings. Sets an environment variable 'PROJ_CONFIGURATION'
 which is a dictionary of configuration name and buildsettings pair.
@@ -151,9 +158,10 @@ def configure(self):
 
 	# Create default project configuration?
 	if 'PROJ_CONFIGURATION' not in self.env:
+		defaults = delete_invalid_values(self.env.get_merged_dict())
 		self.env.PROJ_CONFIGURATION = {
-			"Debug": self.env.get_merged_dict(),
-			"Release": self.env.get_merged_dict(),
+			"Debug": defaults,
+			"Release": defaults,
 		}
 
 	# Some build settings are required to be present by XCode. We will supply default values