1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/build b/build
index deee6e64..3d2e945e 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ older_than subx_bin subx.cc *_list && {
 # We ought to always rebuild all apps if any .subx layers are updated.
 # But during development it's too slow to update _all_ apps when we're
 # repeatedly running a single one.
-if [ $ALL ]
+if [ ! $ONLY_CPP ]
 then
 
   # Assumption: SubX programs don't need to be retranslated every time we
@@ -139,6 +139,14 @@ then
     }
   done
 
+  # higher-level syntax
+  for phase in desugar
+  do
+    older_than apps/$phase apps/$phase.subx apps/subx-common.subx [0-9]*.subx && {
+      ./subx_bin translate [0-9]*.subx apps/subx-common.subx apps/$phase.subx -o apps/$phase
+    }
+  done
+
 fi
 
 exit 0