[*] project names containing hyphens will screw with the macro preprocessor in vs (and other compilers. msvc compiles, vs doesnt like it, other compilers will probably complain)

Boilerplate/jsonProcessor.lua

@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
 
         _G["info"] = info
 
-        local loadstring = loadstring or load
-
         if (_if) then
             local val = eval("return " .. _if)
             if (not val) then
@@ -328,8 +326,10 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
 
             local iface = proj.processor
 
+            local macro = ("_auhas_" .. dep):upper():gsub("%-", "_");
+
             if (isProjectLoaded(dep)) then
-                defines(("_auhas_" .. dep):upper() .. "=1")
+                defines(macro .. "=1")
                 
                 iface:handleReference(isWeakCircularReference(dep))
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
                     iface:handleLink()
                 end
             else
-                defines(("_auhas_" .. dep):upper() .. "=0")
+                defines(macro .. "=0")
                 if (not soft) then
                     fatal("missing project: ", dep)
                 end

aurora.lua

@@ -270,9 +270,6 @@ function attemptNS(ns)
         attemptLoad = true
     end
 
-    -- this seems to be singleshot.
-    -- once you switch namespaces, theres no going back, it seems. 
-    -- we try to preserve namespace-project contiguity as much as possible through sorting and evil recursion
     group(ns) 
     return attemptLoad
 end
@@ -289,17 +286,21 @@ function processProject(name, required,  noNs)
         end
     end
 
+    -- ensure the project is initializd
     processInit(a)
 
+    -- legacy recursion
     if (projectsblocked[name]) then
         return true
     end
 
     projectsblocked[name] = name
 
+    -- process all within the namespace before processing the actual project 
     local ns = a.info.namespace
     local loadOthers = attemptNS(ns)
 
+    -- {
     local cwd = os.getcwd()
     local old = _G["current_project"]
 
@@ -310,9 +311,11 @@ function processProject(name, required,  noNs)
 
     os.chdir(cwd)
     _G["current_project"] = old
+    -- }
 
     projectsemitted[name] = name
 
+    -- cont 
     if (loadOthers) then
         namespacesemitted[ns] = "";
         processNS(ns)