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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py | 18 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py index 1d8231a..04551a7 100644 --- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py +++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py @@ -1,8 +1,5 @@ -"""Prototype sysconfig module that loads information when run as a script, -but only defines constants when imported. - -This should be run as a script as one of the last steps of the Python -installation process. +"""Provide access to Python's configuration information. The specific names +defined in the module depend heavily on the platform and configuration. Written by: Fred L. Drake, Jr. Email: <fdrake@acm.org> @@ -18,14 +15,20 @@ import sys def get_config_h_filename(): + """Return full pathname of installed config.h file.""" return os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "lib", "python" + sys.version[:3], "config", "config.h") def get_makefile_filename(): + """Return full pathname of installed Makefile from the Python build.""" return os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "lib", "python" + sys.version[:3], "config", "Makefile") def parse_config_h(fp, g=None): + """Parse a config.h-style file. A dictionary containing name/value + pairs is returned. If an optional dictionary is passed in as the second + argument, it is used instead of a new dictionary. + """ if g is None: g = {} define_rx = re.compile("#define ([A-Z][A-Z0-9_]+) (.*)\n") @@ -48,6 +51,10 @@ def parse_config_h(fp, g=None): return g def parse_makefile(fp, g=None): + """Parse a Makefile-style file. A dictionary containing name/value + pairs is returned. If an optional dictionary is passed in as the second + argument, it is used instead of a new dictionary. + """ if g is None: g = {} variable_rx = re.compile("([a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\s*=\s*(.*)\n") @@ -114,6 +121,7 @@ def parse_makefile(fp, g=None): def _init_posix(): + """Initialize the module as appropriate for POSIX systems.""" g = globals() # load the installed config.h: parse_config_h(open(get_config_h_filename()), g) |