add Library default builder

build_tests/library/build.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Rscons::Environment.new(echo: :command) do |env|
+  env.Program('library', ['lib.a', 'three.c'])
+  env.Library("lib.a", ['one.c', 'two.c'], 'CPPFLAGS' => ['-Dmake_lib'])
+end

build_tests/library/one.c

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifdef make_lib
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    printf("Library\n");
+}
+#endif

lib/rscons.rb

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ require "rscons/monkey/module"
 require "rscons/monkey/string"
 
 # default builders
+require "rscons/builders/library"
 require "rscons/builders/object"
 require "rscons/builders/program"
 
 # Namespace module for rscons classes
 module Rscons
   DEFAULT_BUILDERS = [
+    Library,
     Object,
     Program,
   ]

lib/rscons/builders/library.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+require 'fileutils'
+
+module Rscons
+  # A default RScons builder that produces a static library archive.
+  class Library < Builder
+    def default_variables(env)
+      {
+        'AR' => 'ar',
+        'LIBSUFFIX' => '.a',
+        'ARFLAGS' => [],
+        'ARCOM' => ['$AR', 'rcs', '$ARFLAGS', '$TARGET', '$SOURCES']
+      }
+    end
+
+    def run(target, sources, cache, env, vars = {})
+      # build sources to linkable objects
+      objects = env.build_sources(sources, [env['OBJSUFFIX'], env['LIBSUFFIX']].flatten, cache, vars)
+      if objects
+        vars = vars.merge({
+          'TARGET' => target,
+          'SOURCES' => objects,
+        })
+        command = env.build_command(env['ARCOM'], vars)
+        unless cache.up_to_date?(target, command, objects)
+          FileUtils.rm_f(target)
+          return false unless env.execute("AR #{target}", command)
+          cache.register_build(target, command, objects)
+        end
+        target
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/rscons/environment.rb

@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ module Rscons
     def method_missing(method, *args)
       if @builders.has_key?(method.to_s)
         target, source, vars, *rest = args
+        unless vars.nil? or vars.is_a?(Hash) or vars.is_a?(VarSet)
+          raise "Unexpected construction variable set: #{vars.inspect}"
+        end
         source = [source] unless source.is_a?(Array)
         @targets[target] = {
           builder: @builders[method.to_s],

spec/build_tests_spec.rb

@@ -153,4 +153,17 @@ describe Rscons do
     File.exists?('two_sources').should be_true
     `./two_sources`.should == "This is a C program with two sources.\n"
   end
+
+  it 'builds a static library archive' do
+    lines = test_dir('library')
+    lines.should == [
+      'gcc -c -o one.o -MMD -MF one.mf -Dmake_lib one.c',
+      'gcc -c -o two.o -MMD -MF two.mf -Dmake_lib two.c',
+      'ar rcs lib.a one.o two.o',
+      'gcc -c -o three.o -MMD -MF three.mf three.c',
+      'gcc -o library lib.a three.o',
+    ]
+    File.exists?('library').should be_true
+    `ar t lib.a`.should == "one.o\ntwo.o\n"
+  end
 end