"""distutils.ccompiler Contains CCompiler, an abstract base class that defines the interface for the Distutils compiler abstraction model.""" # created 1999/07/05, Greg Ward __revision__ = "$Id$" import sys, os, re from types import * from copy import copy from distutils.errors import * from distutils.spawn import spawn from distutils.file_util import move_file from distutils.dir_util import mkpath from distutils.dep_util import newer_pairwise, newer_group from distutils.util import split_quoted, execute class CCompiler: """Abstract base class to define the interface that must be implemented by real compiler classes. Also has some utility methods used by several compiler classes. The basic idea behind a compiler abstraction class is that each instance can be used for all the compile/link steps in building a single project. Thus, attributes common to all of those compile and link steps -- include directories, macros to define, libraries to link against, etc. -- are attributes of the compiler instance. To allow for variability in how individual files are treated, most of those attributes may be varied on a per-compilation or per-link basis. """ # 'compiler_type' is a class attribute that identifies this class. It # keeps code that wants to know what kind of compiler it's dealing with # from having to import all possible compiler classes just to do an # 'isinstance'. In concrete CCompiler subclasses, 'compiler_type' # should really, really be one of the keys of the 'compiler_class' # dictionary (see below -- used by the 'new_compiler()' factory # function) -- authors of new compiler interface classes are # responsible for updating 'compiler_class'! compiler_type = None # XXX things not handled by this compiler abstraction model: # * client can't provide additional options for a compiler, # e.g. warning, optimization, debugging flags. Perhaps this # should be the domain of concrete compiler abstraction classes # (UnixCCompiler, MSVCCompiler, etc.) -- or perhaps the base # class should have methods for the common ones. # * can't completely override the include or library searchg # path, ie. no "cc -I -Idir1 -Idir2" or "cc -L -Ldir1 -Ldir2". # I'm not sure how widely supported this is even by Unix # compilers, much less on other platforms. And I'm even less # sure how useful it is; maybe for cross-compiling, but # support for that is a ways off. (And anyways, cross # compilers probably have a dedicated binary with the # right paths compiled in. I hope.) # * can't do really freaky things with the library list/library # dirs, e.g. "-Ldir1 -lfoo -Ldir2 -lfoo" to link against # different versions of libfoo.a in different locations. I # think this is useless without the ability to null out the # library search path anyways. # Subclasses that rely on the standard filename generation methods # implemented below should override these; see the comment near # those methods ('object_filenames()' et. al.) for details: src_extensions = None # list of strings obj_extension = None # string static_lib_extension = None shared_lib_extension = None # string static_lib_format = None # format string shared_lib_format = None # prob. same as static_lib_format exe_extension = None # string def __init__ (self, verbose=0, dry_run=0, force=0): self.verbose = verbose self.dry_run = dry_run self.force = force # 'output_dir': a common output directory for object, library, # shared object, and shared library files self.output_dir = None # 'macros': a list of macro definitions (or undefinitions). A # macro definition is a 2-tuple (name, value), where the value is # either a string or None (no explicit value). A macro # undefinition is a 1-tuple (name,). self.macros = [] # 'include_dirs': a list of directories to search for include files self.include_dirs = [] # 'libraries': a list of libraries to include in any link # (library names, not filenames: eg. "foo" not "libfoo.a") self.libraries = [] # 'library_dirs': a list of directories to search for libraries self.library_dirs = [] # 'runtime_library_dirs': a list of directories to search for # shared libraries/objects at runtime self.runtime_library_dirs = [] # 'objects': a list of object files (or similar, such as explicitly # named library files) to include on any link self.objects = [] for key in self.executables.keys(): self.set_executable(key, self.executables[key]) # __init__ () def set_executables (self, **args): """Define the executables (and options for them) that will be run to perform the various stages of compilation. The exact set of executables that may be specified here depends on the compiler class (via the 'executables' class attribute), but most will have: compiler the C/C++ compiler linker_so linker used to create shared objects and libraries linker_exe linker used to create binary executables archiver static library creator On platforms with a command-line (Unix, DOS/Windows), each of these is a string that will be split into executable name and (optional) list of arguments. (Splitting the string is done similarly to how Unix shells operate: words are delimited by spaces, but quotes and backslashes can override this. See 'distutils.util.split_quoted()'.) """ # Note that some CCompiler implementation classes will define class # attributes 'cpp', 'cc', etc. with hard-coded executable names; # this is appropriate when a compiler class is for exactly one # compiler/OS combination (eg. MSVCCompiler). Other compiler # classes (UnixCCompiler, in particular) are driven by information # discovered at run-time, since there are many different ways to do # basically the same things with Unix C compilers. for key in args.keys(): if not self.executables.has_key(key): raise ValueError, \ "unknown executable '%s' for class %s" % \ (key, self.__class__.__name__) self.set_executable(key, args[key]) # set_executables () def set_executable(self, key, value): if type(value) is StringType: setattr(self, key, split_quoted(value)) else: setattr(self, key, value) def _find_macro (self, name): i = 0 for defn in self.macros: if defn[0] == name: return i i = i + 1 return None def _check_macro_definitions (self, definitions): """Ensures that every element of 'definitions' is a valid macro definition, ie. either (name,value) 2-tuple or a (name,) tuple. Do nothing if all definitions are OK, raise TypeError otherwise. """ for defn in definitions: if not (type (defn) is TupleType and (len (defn) == 1 or (len (defn) == 2 and (type (defn[1]) is StringType or defn[1] is None))) and type (defn[0]) is StringType): raise TypeError, \ ("invalid macro definition '%s': " % defn) + \ "must be tuple (string,), (string, string), or " + \ "(string, None)" # -- Bookkeeping methods ------------------------------------------- def define_macro (self, name, value=None): """Define a preprocessor macro for all compilations driven by this compiler object. The optional parameter 'value' should be a string; if it is not supplied, then the macro will be defined without an explicit value and the exact outcome depends on the compiler used (XXX true? does ANSI say anything about this?) """ # Delete from the list of macro definitions/undefinitions if # already there (so that this one will take precedence). i = self._find_macro (name) if i is not None: del self.macros[i] defn = (name, value) self.macros.append (defn) def undefine_macro (self, name): """Undefine a preprocessor macro for all compilations driven by this compiler object. If the same macro is defined by 'define_macro()' and undefined by 'undefine_macro()' the last call takes precedence (including multiple redefinitions or undefinitions). If the macro is redefined/undefined on a per-compilation basis (ie. in the call to 'compile()'), then that takes precedence. """ # Delete from the list of macro definitions/undefinitions if # already there (so that this one will take precedence). i = self._find_macro (name) if i is not None: del self.macros[i] undefn = (name,) self.macros.append (undefn) def add_include_dir (self, dir): """Add 'dir' to the list of directories that will be searched for header files. The compiler is instructed to search directories in the order in which they are supplied by successive calls to 'add_include_dir()'. """ self.include_dirs.append (dir) def set_include_dirs (self, dirs): """Set the list of directories that will be searched to 'dirs' (a list of strings). Overrides any preceding calls to 'add_include_dir()'; subsequence calls to 'add_include_dir()' add to the list passed to 'set_include_dirs()'. This does not affect any list of standard include directories that the compiler may search by default. """ self.include_dirs = copy (dirs) def add_library (self, libname): """Add 'libname' to the list of libraries that will be included in all links driven by this compiler object. Note that 'libname' should *not* be the name of a file containing a library, but the name of the library itself: the actual filename will be inferred by the linker, the compiler, or the compiler class (depending on the platform). The linker will be instructed to link against libraries in the order they were supplied to 'add_library()' and/or 'set_libraries()'. It is perfectly valid to duplicate library names; the linker will be instructed to link against libraries as many times as they are mentioned. """ self.libraries.append (libname) def set_libraries (self, libnames): """Set the list of libraries to be included in all links driven by this compiler object to 'libnames' (a list of strings). This does not affect any standard system libraries that the linker may include by default. """ self.libraries = copy (libnames) def add_library_dir (self, dir): """Add 'dir' to the list of directories that will be searched for libraries specified to 'add_library()' and 'set_libraries()'. The linker will be instructed to search for libraries in the order they are supplied to 'add_library_dir()' and/or 'set_library_dirs()'. """ self.library_dirs.append (dir) def set_library_dirs (self, dirs): """Set the list of library search directories to 'dirs' (a list of strings). This does not affect any standard library search path that the linker may search by default. """ self.library_dirs = copy (dirs) def add_runtime_library_dir (self, dir): """Add 'dir' to the list of directories that will be searched for shared libraries at runtime. """ self.runtime_library_dirs.append (dir) def set_runtime_library_dirs (self, dirs): """Set the list of directories to search for shared libraries at runtime to 'dirs' (a list of strings). This does not affect any standard search path that the runtime linker may search by default. """ self.runtime_library_dirs = copy (dirs) def add_link_object (self, object): """Add 'object' to the list of object files (or analogues, such as explicitly named library files or the output of "resource compilers") to be included in every link driven by this compiler object. """ self.objects.append (object) def set_link_objects (self, objects): """Set the list of object files (or analogues) to be included in every link to 'objects'. This does not affect any standard object files that the linker may include by default (such as system libraries). """ self.objects = copy (objects) # -- Priviate utility methods -------------------------------------- # (here for the convenience of subclasses) def _fix_compile_args (self, output_dir, macros, include_dirs): """Typecheck and fix-up some of the arguments to the 'compile()' method, and return fixed-up values. Specifically: if 'output_dir' is None, replaces it with 'self.output_dir'; ensures that 'macros' is a list, and augments it with 'self.macros'; ensures that 'include_dirs' is a list, and augments it with 'self.include_dirs'. Guarantees that the returned values are of the correct type, i.e. for 'output_dir' either string or None, and for 'macros' and 'include_dirs' either list or None. """ if output_dir is None: output_dir = self.output_dir elif type (output_dir) is not StringType: raise TypeError, "'output_dir' must be a string or None" if macros is None: macros = self.macros elif type (macros) is ListType: macros = macros + (self.macros or []) else: raise TypeError, \ "'macros' (if supplied) must be a list of tuples" if include_dirs is None: include_dirs = self.include_dirs elif type (include_dirs) in (ListType, TupleType): include_dirs = list (include_dirs) + (self.include_dirs or []) else: raise TypeError, \ "'include_dirs' (if supplied) must be a list of strings" return (output_dir, macros, include_dirs) # _fix_compile_args () def _prep_compile (self, sources, output_dir): """Determine the list of object files corresponding to 'sources', and figure out which ones really need to be recompiled. Return a list of all object files and a dictionary telling which source files can be skipped. """ # Get the list of expected output (object) files objects = self.object_filenames (sources, strip_dir=1, output_dir=output_dir) if self.force: skip_source = {} # rebuild everything for source in sources: skip_source[source] = 0 else: # Figure out which source files we have to recompile according # to a simplistic check -- we just compare the source and # object file, no deep dependency checking involving header # files. skip_source = {} # rebuild everything for source in sources: # no wait, rebuild nothing skip_source[source] = 1 (n_sources, n_objects) = newer_pairwise (sources, objects) for source in n_sources: # no really, only rebuild what's skip_source[source] = 0 # out-of-date return (objects, skip_source) # _prep_compile () def _fix_object_args (self, objects, output_dir): """Typecheck and fix up some arguments supplied to various methods. Specifically: ensure that 'objects' is a list; if output_dir is None, replace with self.output_dir. Return fixed versions of 'objects' and 'output_dir'. """ if type (objects) not in (ListType, TupleType): raise TypeError, \ "'objects' must be a list or tuple of strings" objects = list (objects) if output_dir is None: output_dir = self.output_dir elif type (output_dir) is not StringType: raise TypeError, "'output_dir' must be a string or None" return (objects, output_dir) def _fix_lib_args (self, libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs): """Typecheck and fix up some of the arguments supplied to the 'link_*' methods. Specifically: ensure that all arguments are lists, and augment them with their permanent versions (eg. 'self.libraries' augments 'libraries'). Return a tuple with fixed versions of all arguments. """ if libraries is None: libraries = self.libraries elif type (libraries) in (ListType, TupleType): libraries = list (libraries) + (self.libraries or []) else: raise TypeError, \ "'libraries' (if supplied) must be a list of strings" if library_dirs is None: library_dirs = self.library_dirs elif type (library_dirs) in (ListType, TupleType): library_dirs = list (library_dirs) + (self.library_dirs or []) else: raise TypeError, \ "'library_dirs' (if supplied) must be a list of strings" if runtime_library_dirs is None: runtime_library_dirs = self.runtime_library_dirs elif type (runtime_library_dirs) in (ListType, TupleType): runtime_library_dirs = (list (runtime_library_dirs) + (self.runtime_library_dirs or [])) else: raise TypeError, \ "'runtime_library_dirs' (if supplied) " + \ "must be a list of strings" return (libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs) # _fix_lib_args () def _need_link (self, objects, output_file): """Return true if we need to relink the files listed in 'objects' to recreate 'output_file'. """ if self.force: return 1 else: if self.dry_run: newer = newer_group (objects, output_file, missing='newer') else: newer = newer_group (objects, output_file) return newer # _need_link () # -- Worker methods ------------------------------------------------ # (must be implemented by subclasses) def preprocess (self, source, output_file=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None): """Preprocess a single C/C++ source file, named in 'source'. Output will be written to file named 'output_file', or stdout if 'output_file' not supplied. 'macros' is a list of macro definitions as for 'compile()', which will augment the macros set with 'define_macro()' and 'undefine_macro()'. 'include_dirs' is a list of directory names that will be added to the default list. Raises PreprocessError on failure. """ pass def compile (self, sources, output_dir=None, macros=None, include_dirs=None, debug=0, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None): """Compile one or more source files. 'sources' must be a list of filenames, most likely C/C++ files, but in reality anything that can be handled by a particular compiler and compiler class (eg. MSVCCompiler can handle resource files in 'sources'). Return a list of object filenames, one per source filename in 'sources'. Depending on the implementation, not all source files will necessarily be compiled, but all corresponding object filenames will be returned. If 'output_dir' is given, object files will be put under it, while retaining their original path component. That is, "foo/bar.c" normally compiles to "foo/bar.o" (for a Unix implementation); if 'output_dir' is "build", then it would compile to "build/foo/bar.o". 'macros', if given, must be a list of macro definitions. A macro definition is either a (name, value) 2-tuple or a (name,) 1-tuple. The former defines a macro; if the value is None, the macro is defined without an explicit value. The 1-tuple case undefines a macro. Later definitions/redefinitions/ undefinitions take precedence. 'include_dirs', if given, must be a list of strings, the directories to add to the default include file search path for this compilation only. 'debug' is a boolean; if true, the compiler will be instructed to output debug symbols in (or alongside) the object file(s). 'extra_preargs' and 'extra_postargs' are implementation- dependent. On platforms that have the notion of a command-line (e.g. Unix, DOS/Windows), they are most likely lists of strings: extra command-line arguments to prepand/append to the compiler command line. On other platforms, consult the implementation class documentation. In any event, they are intended as an escape hatch for those occasions when the abstract compiler framework doesn't cut the mustard. Raises CompileError on failure. """ pass def create_static_lib (self, objects, output_libname, output_dir=None, debug=0): """Link a bunch of stuff together to create a static library file. The "bunch of stuff" consists of the list of object files supplied as 'objects', the extra object files supplied to 'add_link_object()' and/or 'set_link_objects()', the libraries supplied to 'add_library()' and/or 'set_libraries()', and the libraries supplied as 'libraries' (if any). 'output_libname' should be a library name, not a filename; the filename will be inferred from the library name. 'output_dir' is the directory where the library file will be put. 'debug' is a boolean; if true, debugging information will be included in the library (note that on most platforms, it is the compile step where this matters: the 'debug' flag is included here just for consistency). Raises LibError on failure. """ pass # values for target_desc parameter in link() SHARED_OBJECT = "shared_object" SHARED_LIBRARY = "shared_library" EXECUTABLE = "executable" def link (self, target_desc, objects, output_filename, output_dir=None, libraries=None, library_dirs=None, runtime_library_dirs=None, export_symbols=None, debug=0, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None, build_temp=None): """Link a bunch of stuff together to create an executable or shared library file. The "bunch of stuff" consists of the list of object files supplied as 'objects'. 'output_filename' should be a filename. If 'output_dir' is supplied, 'output_filename' is relative to it (i.e. 'output_filename' can provide directory components if needed). 'libraries' is a list of libraries to link against. These are library names, not filenames, since they're translated into filenames in a platform-specific way (eg. "foo" becomes "libfoo.a" on Unix and "foo.lib" on DOS/Windows). However, they can include a directory component, which means the linker will look in that specific directory rather than searching all the normal locations. 'library_dirs', if supplied, should be a list of directories to search for libraries that were specified as bare library names (ie. no directory component). These are on top of the system default and those supplied to 'add_library_dir()' and/or 'set_library_dirs()'. 'runtime_library_dirs' is a list of directories that will be embedded into the shared library and used to search for other shared libraries that *it* depends on at run-time. (This may only be relevant on Unix.) 'export_symbols' is a list of symbols that the shared library will export. (This appears to be relevant only on Windows.) 'debug' is as for 'compile()' and 'create_static_lib()', with the slight distinction that it actually matters on most platforms (as opposed to 'create_static_lib()', which includes a 'debug' flag mostly for form's sake). 'extra_preargs' and 'extra_postargs' are as for 'compile()' (except of course that they supply command-line arguments for the particular linker being used). Raises LinkError on failure. """ raise NotImplementedError # Old 'link_*()' methods, rewritten to use the new 'link()' method. def link_shared_lib (self, objects, output_libname, output_dir=None, libraries=None, library_dirs=None, runtime_library_dirs=None, export_symbols=None, debug=0, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None, build_temp=None): self.link(CCompiler.SHARED_LIBRARY, objects, self.library_filename(output_libname, lib_type='shared'), output_dir, libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs, export_symbols, debug, extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp) def link_shared_object (self, objects, output_filename, output_dir=None, libraries=None, library_dirs=None, runtime_library_dirs=None, export_symbols=None, debug=0, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None, build_temp=None): self.link(CCompiler.SHARED_OBJECT, objects, output_filename, output_dir, libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs, export_symbols, debug, extra_preargs, extra_postargs, build_temp) def link_executable (self, objects, output_progname, output_dir=None, libraries=None, library_dirs=None, runtime_library_dirs=None, debug=0, extra_preargs=None, extra_postargs=None): self.link(CCompiler.EXECUTABLE, objects, self.executable_filename(output_progname), output_dir, libraries, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs, None, debug, extra_preargs, extra_postargs, None) # -- Miscellaneous methods ----------------------------------------- # These are all used by the 'gen_lib_options() function; there is # no appropriate default implementation so subclasses should # implement all of these. def library_dir_option (self, dir): """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of directories searched for libraries. """ raise NotImplementedError def runtime_library_dir_option (self, dir): """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of directories searched for runtime libraries. """ raise NotImplementedError def library_option (self, lib): """Return the compiler option to add 'dir' to the list of libraries linked into the shared library or executable. """ raise NotImplementedError def find_library_file (self, dirs, lib, debug=0): """Search the specified list of directories for a static or shared library file 'lib' and return the full path to that file. If 'debug' true, look for a debugging version (if that makes sense on the current platform). Return None if 'lib' wasn't found in any of the specified directories. """ raise NotImplementedError # -- Filename generation methods ----------------------------------- # The default implementation of the filename generating methods are # prejudiced towards the Unix/DOS/Windows view of the world: # * object files are named by replacing the source file extension # (eg. .c/.cpp -> .o/.obj) # * library files (shared or static) are named by plugging the # library name and extension into a format string, eg. # "lib%s.%s" % (lib_name, ".a") for Unix static libraries # * executables are named by appending an extension (possibly # empty) to the program name: eg. progname + ".exe" for # Windows # # To reduce redundant code, these methods expect to find # several attributes in the current object (presumably defined # as class attributes): # * src_extensions - # list of C/C++ source file extensions, eg. ['.c', '.cpp'] # * obj_extension - # object file extension, eg. '.o' or '.obj' # * static_lib_extension - # extension for static library files, eg. '.a' or '.lib' # * shared_lib_extension - # extension for shared library/object files, eg. '.so', '.dll' # * static_lib_format - # format string for generating static library filenames, # eg. 'lib%s.%s' or '%s.%s' # * shared_lib_format # format string for generating shared library filenames # (probably same as static_lib_format, since the extension # is one of the intended parameters to the format string) # * exe_extension - # extension for executable files, eg. '' or '.exe' def object_filenames (self, source_filenames, strip_dir=0, output_dir=''): if output_dir is None: output_dir = '' obj_names = [] for src_name in source_filenames: (base, ext) = os.path.splitext (src_name) if ext not in self.src_extensions: raise UnknownFileError, \ "unknown file type '%s' (from '%s')" % \ (ext, src_name) if strip_dir: base = os.path.basename (base) obj_names.append (os.path.join (output_dir, base + self.obj_extension)) return obj_names # object_filenames () def shared_object_filename (self, basename, strip_dir=0, output_dir=''): if output_dir is None: output_dir = '' if strip_dir: basename = os.path.basename (basename) return os.path.join (output_dir, basename + self.shared_lib_extension) def executable_filename (self, basename, strip_dir=0, output_dir=''): if output_dir is None: output_dir = '' if strip_dir: basename = os.path.basename (basename) return os.path.join(output_dir, basename + (self.exe_extension or '')) def library_filename (self, libname, lib_type='static', # or 'shared' strip_dir=0, output_dir=''): if output_dir is None: output_dir = '' if lib_type not in ("static","shared"): raise ValueError, "'lib_type' must be \"static\" or \"shared\"" fmt = getattr (self, lib_type + "_lib_format") ext = getattr (self, lib_type + "_lib_extension") (dir, base) = os.path.split (libname) filename = fmt % (base, ext) if strip_dir: dir = '' return os.path.join (output_dir, dir, filename) # -- Utility methods ----------------------------------------------- def announce (self, msg, level=1): if self.verbose >= level: print msg def debug_print (self, msg): from distutils.core import DEBUG if DEBUG: print msg def warn (self, msg): sys.stderr.write ("warning: %s\n" % msg) def execute (self, func, args, msg=None, level=1): execute(func, args, msg, self.verbose >= level, self.dry_run) def spawn (self, cmd): spawn (cmd, verbose=self.verbose, dry_run=self.dry_run) def move_file (self, src, dst): return move_file (src, dst, verbose=self.verbose, dry_run=self.dry_run) def mkpath (self, name, mode=0777): mkpath (name, mode, self.verbose, self.dry_run) # class CCompiler # Map a sys.platform/os.name ('posix', 'nt') to the default compiler # type for that platform. Keys are interpreted as re match # patterns. Order is important; platform mappings are preferred over # OS names. _default_compilers = ( # Platform string mappings ('cygwin.*', 'cygwin'), # OS name mappings ('posix', 'unix'), ('nt', 'msvc'), ('mac', 'mwerks'), ) def get_default_compiler(osname=None, platform=None): """ Determine the default compiler to use for the given platform. osname should be one of the standard Python OS names (i.e. the ones returned by os.name) and platform the common value returned by sys.platform for the platform in question. The default values are os.name and sys.platform in case the parameters are not given. """ if osname is None: osname = os.name if platform is None: platform = sys.platform for pattern, compiler in _default_compilers: if re.match(pattern, platform) is not None or \ re.match(pattern, osname) is not None: return compiler # Default to Unix compiler return 'unix' # Map compiler types to (module_name, class_name) pairs -- ie. where to # find the code that implements an interface to this compiler. (The module # is assumed to be in the 'distutils' package.) compiler_class = { 'unix': ('unixccompiler', 'UnixCCompiler', "standard UNIX-style compiler"), 'msvc': ('msvccompiler', 'MSVCCompiler', "Microsoft Visual C++"), 'cygwin': ('cygwinccompiler', 'CygwinCCompiler', "Cygwin port of GNU C Compiler for Win32"), 'mingw32': ('cygwinccompiler', 'Mingw32CCompiler', "Mingw32 port of GNU C Compiler for Win32"), 'bcpp': ('bcppcompiler', 'BCPPCompiler', "Borland C++ Compiler"), 'mwerks': ('mwerkscompiler', 'MWerksCompiler', "MetroWerks CodeWarrior"), } def show_compilers(): """Print list of available compilers (used by the "--help-compiler" options to "build", "build_ext", "build_clib"). """ # XXX this "knows" that the compiler option it's describing is # "--compiler", which just happens to be the case for the three # commands that use it. from distutils.fancy_getopt import FancyGetopt compilers = [] for compiler in compiler_class.keys(): compilers.append(("compiler="+compiler, None, compiler_class[compiler][2])) compilers.sort() pretty_printer = FancyGetopt(compilers) pretty_printer.print_help("List of available compilers:") def new_compiler (plat=None, compiler=None, verbose=0, dry_run=0, force=0): """Generate an instance of some CCompiler subclass for the supplied platform/compiler combination. 'plat' defaults to 'os.name' (eg. 'posix', 'nt'), and 'compiler' defaults to the default compiler for that platform. Currently only 'posix' and 'nt' are supported, and the default compilers are "traditional Unix interface" (UnixCCompiler class) and Visual C++ (MSVCCompiler class). Note that it's perfectly possible to ask for a Unix compiler object under Windows, and a Microsoft compiler object under Unix -- if you supply a value for 'compiler', 'plat' is ignored. """ if plat is None: plat = os.name try: if compiler is None: compiler = get_default_compiler(plat) (module_name, class_name, long_description) = compiler_class[compiler] except KeyError: msg = "don't know how to compile C/C++ code on platform '%s'" % plat if compiler is not None: msg = msg + " with '%s' compiler" % compiler raise DistutilsPlatformError, msg try: module_name = "distutils." + module_name __import__ (module_name) module = sys.modules[module_name] klass = vars(module)[class_name] except ImportError: raise DistutilsModuleError, \ "can't compile C/C++ code: unable to load module '%s'" % \ module_name except KeyError: raise DistutilsModuleError, \ ("can't compile C/C++ code: unable to find class '%s' " + "in module '%s'") % (class_name, module_name) return klass (verbose, dry_run, force) def gen_preprocess_options (macros, include_dirs): """Generate C pre-processor options (-D, -U, -I) as used by at least two types of compilers: the typical Unix compiler and Visual C++. 'macros' is the usual thing, a list of 1- or 2-tuples, where (name,) means undefine (-U) macro 'name', and (name,value) means define (-D) macro 'name' to 'value'. 'include_dirs' is just a list of directory names to be added to the header file search path (-I). Returns a list of command-line options suitable for either Unix compilers or Visual C++. """ # XXX it would be nice (mainly aesthetic, and so we don't generate # stupid-looking command lines) to go over 'macros' and eliminate # redundant definitions/undefinitions (ie. ensure that only the # latest mention of a particular macro winds up on the command # line). I don't think it's essential, though, since most (all?) # Unix C compilers only pay attention to the latest -D or -U # mention of a macro on their command line. Similar situation for # 'include_dirs'. I'm punting on both for now. Anyways, weeding out # redundancies like this should probably be the province of # CCompiler, since the data structures used are inherited from it # and therefore common to all CCompiler classes. pp_opts = [] for macro in macros: if not (type (macro) is TupleType and 1 <= len (macro) <= 2): raise TypeError, \ ("bad macro definition '%s': " + "each element of 'macros' list must be a 1- or 2-tuple") % \ macro if len (macro) == 1: # undefine this macro pp_opts.append ("-U%s" % macro[0]) elif len (macro) == 2: if macro[1] is None: # define with no explicit value pp_opts.append ("-D%s" % macro[0]) else: # XXX *don't* need to be clever about quoting the # macro value here, because we're going to avoid the # shell at all costs when we spawn the command! pp_opts.append ("-D%s=%s" % macro) for dir in include_dirs: pp_opts.append ("-I%s" % dir) return pp_opts # gen_preprocess_options () def gen_lib_options (compiler, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs, libraries): """Generate linker options for searching library directories and linking with specific libraries. 'libraries' and 'library_dirs' are, respectively, lists of library names (not filenames!) and search directories. Returns a list of command-line options suitable for use with some compiler (depending on the two format strings passed in). """ lib_opts = [] for dir in library_dirs: lib_opts.append (compiler.library_dir_option (dir)) for dir in runtime_library_dirs: lib_opts.append (compiler.runtime_library_dir_option (dir)) # XXX it's important that we *not* remove redundant library mentions! # sometimes you really do have to say "-lfoo -lbar -lfoo" in order to # resolve all symbols. I just hope we never have to say "-lfoo obj.o # -lbar" to get things to work -- that's certainly a possibility, but a # pretty nasty way to arrange your C code. for lib in libraries: (lib_dir, lib_name) = os.path.split (lib) if lib_dir: lib_file = compiler.find_library_file ([lib_dir], lib_name) if lib_file: lib_opts.append (lib_file) else: compiler.warn ("no library file corresponding to " "'%s' found (skipping)" % lib) else: lib_opts.append (compiler.library_option (lib)) return lib_opts # gen_lib_options ()